Biology:Memecylon parvifolium

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Memecylon parvifolium
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
Binomial name
Memecylon parvifolium Thwaites

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

Leaves

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

Trunk

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

Flowers

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

Fruits

Black berry, tipped with calyx.

Ecology

Montane forest subcanopy.

External links

• http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ifn-77723
• http://cabdirect.org/abstracts/20093323585.html;jsessionid=72958E6E0398B3FD0CC334D82C23479D
• http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/250989

Wikidata ☰ Q17566012 entry