1) Melastomaceae 
The family Melastomataceae (alternatively Melastomaceae) is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising some 200 genera and 4500 species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, or small trees. The leaves of melastomes are somewhat distinctive...
(from the article `Myrtales`) The Melastomataceae family contains some 4,700 species in about 190 genera. Its members are found along the entire humid tropical belt but are most ... ...of the water chestnut (Trapa) are popular from southern China to Thailand; in northwestern India and Kashmir, flour is prepared from them. ... ...to a...
[n] - a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales
family Melastomataceae noun a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals