Memecylon parvifolium

Memecylon parvifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Melastomataceae
Genus: Memecylon
Species: M. parvifolium
Binomial name
Memecylon parvifolium
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Memecylon parvifolium is a species of plant in the Melastomataceae family. 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.

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