Memecylon deminutum Brenan

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Memecylon

Characteristics

Evergreen shrub up to 4.5 m. high.. Leaf-lamina broadly rhombic-ovate to broadly elliptic, 0.5–1 cm. long, 0.4–0.9(–1.1) cm. wide, apex obtuse, base cuneate or sometimes rounded; petiole 0.5–1.5 mm. long.. Inflorescence a 1–7-or more-flowered pedunculate axillary cyme; rhachis 1–4 mm. long, peduncle absent or 3.5–5 mm. long; pedicels ± 0.5 mm. long; bracts 1–1.5 mm. long.. Calyx obconical, 1.3–1.5 mm. long, 1.8 mm. in diameter, shallowly sinuate with lobes 0.2 mm. high.. Petals ovate-suborbicular, 1.4 mm. long, 1–1.3 mm. wide, white.. Anthers 1.3–1.5 mm. long; filaments 2 mm. long.. Fruit globose, 4–5 mm. in diameter.
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Distribution

Memecylon deminutum world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Memecylon deminutum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:571504-1
WFO ID wfo-0001082320
COL ID 3ZNRR
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Synonyms

Memecylon deminutum