Medinilla septentrionalis (W.W.Sm.) H.L.Li

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Medinilla

Characteristics

Shrubs 1-5(-7) m tall, many branched, erect or sometimes scrambling. Branches terete, glabrous with thin brown bark. Petiole 0.4-0.9 mm; leaf blade lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, or broadly ovate, 7-8.5 × 2-2.5 cm, papery, abaxially ± furfuraceous, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 2 on each side of midvein, base obtuse to subrounded, margin sparsely serrulate apically from middle, apex caudate-acuminate. Inflorescences axillary, cymose, 3.5-5.5 cm, (1 or)3(or 5)-flowered, glabrous; peduncle 1-2.5 cm. Hypanthium campanulate, 4-4.5 mm, densely tuberculate, with very scattered glandular trichomes or glabrous. Calyx lobes inconspicuous, apiculate. Petals pink, lavender, or purplish red, triangular-ovate, 8-10 mm, base slightly oblique, apex acute. Stamens 8, subequal. Longer (outer) stamens with filaments 4.5-5.5 mm; anthers ca. 7 mm. Shorter stamens with filaments 3-4 mm; anthers ca. 6 mm, base tuberculate. Connective slightly decurrent and forming a short spur. Ovary ovoid, apex 4-undulate. Berry urceolate, ca. 7 × 6 mm. Seeds cuneate, densely tuberculate. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Feb-May.
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A shrub. It grows 1-5 m tall. It has many branches. It can be scrambling. The leaves are oval or sword shaped. They are 7-8.5 cm long by 2-2.5 cm wide. They are scaly underneath. The flowers are in the axils of leaves. The petals are punk, purple or red. The fruit is urn shaped and 7 mm long by 6 mm wide. The seeds are wedge shaped.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 5.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. In Yunnan.
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Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Medinilla septentrionalis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:570446-1
WFO ID wfo-0001083230
COL ID 3YPB4
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Synonyms

Anplectrum yunnanensis Medinilla septentrionalis Medinilla caerulescens var. nuda