Rare undergrowth mostly in low elevation evergreen forests up to 900 m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Memecylon grande Heyne |
| synonym | Memecylon jambosioides Wight |
🗒 Common Names
| Other |
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📚 Overview
Summary
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Leaf lower side
Petiole and leaf insertion
Leaf upper side
Habit
Small trees ca. 5 m tall.
Branches and Branchlets
Branchlets terete, glabrous.
Leaves
Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.7-1 cm long, stout, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 13-16 x 4-5 cm, lanceolate, tapering into acuminate apex with blunt tip, base acute, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib slightly raised above; secondary nerves ca. 20 pairs, distantly parallel and joining with intramarginal nerve, tertiary nerves obscure.
Inflorescence / Flower
Flowers nearly sessile, in axillary and lateral fascicles, purple; disk rays prominent.
Fruit and Seed
Berry, seeds 1.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Habit: Shrub or small tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Large shrubs. Leaves opposite, 7-18 by 2.5 cm, lanceate, base acute or broadly cuneate, apex acuminate; lateral nerves c. 16 pairs, forming loops with very priminent intramarginal nerves, thin coriaceous. Fascicles c. 3 cm, zygomorphic. Flowers subsessle; calyx-tube campanulate. Disc-rays conspicuous. Petals blue, obovate. Berry globose, dark-purple.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Rare undergrowth mostly in low elevation evergreen forests up to 900 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, Endemic to Western Ghats
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Evergreen forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Endemic to the Western Ghats- occasional in South Sahyadri and southern part of Central Sahyadris (up to Coorg Region).
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Maharashtra: Sindhudurg
Kerala: Kannur, Kollam, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
Western Ghats
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kozhikkode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Endemic Distribution
Western Ghats
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
- Memecylon heyneanum Benth. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 319. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 560. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 503(355). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 185. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 109. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 186. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 202. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 196. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 138. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 129. 1997; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 61. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 225. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 369. 2009.
- Memecylon jambosoides Wight, Ic. t. 277. 1840.
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
- Memecylon heyneanum Benth. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 319. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 560. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 503(355). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 185. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 109. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 186. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 202. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 196. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 138. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 129. 1997; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 61. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 225. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 369. 2009.
- Memecylon jambosoides Wight, Ic. t. 277. 1840.
No Data
🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Myrtales |
| Family | Melastomataceae |
| Genus | Memecylon |
| Species | Memecylon heyneanum Benth. ex Wight & Arn. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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