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 Thw.

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.

Sources

• http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ifn-77723
• http://www.gbif.org/species/3864782
• http://cabdirect.org/abstracts/20093323585.html;jsessionid=72958E6E0398B3FD0CC334D82C23479D
• http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/250989