Memecylon parvifolium
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| Memecylon parvifolium | |
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| Memecylon parvifolium in Hakgale Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Memecylon |
| Species: | M. parvifolium
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| Memecylon parvifolium | |
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.
References
External links
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
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