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Memecylon parvifolium

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Memecylon parvifolium
Memecylon parvifolium in Hakgale Botanical Garden
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Memecylon
Species:
M. parvifolium
Binomial name
Memecylon parvifolium

Memecylon parvifolium is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Leaves

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Broadly obovate, base tapering, obtuse to rounded apex, veins invisible; dark green, shiny above; young flush reddish.

Trunk

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Bark - gray, finely cracked; Wood - yellow, hard, heavy; twigs quadrangular.

Flowers

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White to pinkish red, few, small, nearly sessile.

Fruits

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Black berry, tipped with calyx.

Ecology

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Montane forest subcanopy.

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