Memecylon parvifolium
Appearance
Memecylon parvifolium | |
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Memecylon parvifolium in Hakgale Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Melastomataceae |
Genus: | Memecylon |
Species: | M. parvifolium
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Binomial name | |
Memecylon parvifolium |
Memecylon parvifolium is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Leaves
[edit]Broadly obovate, base tapering, obtuse to rounded apex, veins invisible; dark green, shiny above; young flush reddish.
Trunk
[edit]Bark - gray, finely cracked; Wood - yellow, hard, heavy; twigs quadrangular.
Flowers
[edit]White to pinkish red, few, small, nearly sessile.
Fruits
[edit]Black berry, tipped with calyx.
Ecology
[edit]Montane forest subcanopy.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Memecylon parvifolium.
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ifn-77723
- http://cabdirect.org/abstracts/20093323585.html;jsessionid=72958E6E0398B3FD0CC334D82C23479D
- http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/250989