Memecylon verruculosum Brenan

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Memecylon

Characteristics

Shrub up to 4.5 m. high.. Leaf-lamina ovate-lanceolate to ovate to broadly ovate, 2–5 cm. long, 0.8–3 cm. wide, long-acuminate, apex acute to obtuse, base broadly cuneate to rounded, thinly chartaceous, papillose-muricate on both surfaces; petiole 0–1.5 mm. long.. Inflorescences 1-several from the axils, 1(–2)-flowered; peduncle 1–4 mm. long; rhachis 3–6 mm. long; pedicel 0.1–0.5 mm. long; bracts linear-lanceolate.. Calyx-tube obconical, 1.5–2 mm. long and broad; lobes broadly triangular, 0.5 mm. long.. Petals elliptic, 2.5–3.5 mm. long, 1.5–2 mm. wide, white.. Anthers 1.3 mm. long; filaments 4 mm. long.. Fruit globose, 5–6 mm. in diameter, greenish yellow, becoming blackish red.
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Distribution

Memecylon verruculosum world distribution map, present in Kenya and Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Memecylon verruculosum threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:571892-1
WFO ID wfo-0001082316
COL ID 6QXYC
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Synonyms

Memecylon verruculosum