Category: Memecylon

Memecylon macrocarpum Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 110. ?; . Sri Lanka as per POWO; . Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala as per Plantae, Myrtales, Memecylaceae, Memecylon macrocarpum Thwaites (1864): Distribution extension and geographic distribution map– Check List Vol. 8 No. 2 (2012); Habit -Large shrub or small trees Branches and Branchlets- Branchlets subterete, glabrous. Leaves- Leaves simple, […]

Memecylon ovatum Sm., Rees, Cyclop. 23: n. 3 1812 (syn: Memecylon edule var. ovatum (Sm.) C.B.Cl.; Memecylon ferreum Bl.; Memecylon grande var. ovatum (Sm.) Trim.; Memecylon laxiflorum Wall.; Memecylon lucidum Presl; Memecylon parviflorum Blanco; Memecylon pierrei Hance; Memecylon prasinum Naud.; Memecylon rhodophyllum Bakh.fil.; Memecylon violaceum Cogn.);         peninsular Malaysia (widespread), Indonesia, Borneo, Sri Lanka, Philippines […]

Memecylon celastrinum Kurz, Prelim. Rep. Forest Pegu App. A: 67; App. B: 53 in key 1875. ; . Small trees, 10-12 m tall, evergreen; bark finely fissured and flaking, thin, reddish brown to tan or blackish, inner bark pink to red, cambium whitish purple, wood orange-yellow or cream; branchlets flattened or quadrangular, becoming cylindric with […]

Memecylon umbellatum ?; . Memecylon umbellatum—for sharing : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) picture taken at Aambyvalley Rd., Off Lonavala, Pune in Jan.17. Pls provide a leafy twig image to identify Only photo I have Looks matching but leaf images would be helpful ! Looks matching !

Memecylon bremeri M.B.Viswan., Nordic J. Bot. 21(3): 256 (2001) 2001. India (Tamil Nadu) as per Catalogue of Life;   ID 03 KANNUR : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)- 2 MB.  Please identify this shrub from Riparian zone of Kannur district of Kerala Memecylon bremeri   References: Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1 (unresolved) IPNI […]

Memecylon terminale Dalzell, Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 121 1851. (syn: Memecylon amabile Bedd.); muh-MEHS-uh-lawn — adopted from the Greek name of Arbutus fruit … Encyclopaedia Londinensis term-in-AL-ee or term-in-AL-ay — terminal position … Dave’s Botanary  commonly known as: smallest Indian memecylon Habit- Shrubs ca. 4 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark greyish, […]

07012018BHAR01 Memecylon sp. : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Found in Jawadhu hills of Eastern ghats. Memecylon sp. Not Memecylon umbellatum or M edule. Memecylon talbotianum Brandis ?? This is neither M royenii nor M grande because of the attachment in this email. The floral character don’t matches with the PDF. I got I’d […]

Memecylon sessile Benth. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 320 1834 [10 Oct 1834]. (syn: Memecylon amplexicaule var. cordatum Wight ex C. B. Cl.; Memecylon sessile Benth. (ambiguous synonym); Memecylon subcordatum Cogn.); India (Nilgiri Hills), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life;  Common name: Stalkless Memecylon • Malayalam: Nedum-schetti References: Catalogue of […]

Memecylon madgolense Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919, 227. ?; Andhra Pradesh as per 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants; Request for Id of Memecylon species : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) This is also a shrub, found near the Memecylon depressum, but the flowers are not seen. May I request you to pl. […]

Memecylon heyneanum Benth. ex Wight & Arn., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4102 1831. (syn: Memecylon grande Heyne; Memecylon heyneanum Benth. in Wall. (ambiguous synonym));   India as per Catalogue of Life;   M. heyneanum is an under shrub pls see attachment : 1 post by 1 author. M. heyneanum is an under shrub pls see attachment […]

Memecylon rivulare K. Bremer, Op. Bot. 50: 18 1979. (syn: Memecylon angustifolium var. attenuata Clarke);   ID KANNUR 38- 2 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Please identify this shrub….. probably memecylon from Kannur District of Kerala.. Memecylon rivulare   References: Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Tropicos  IPNI  

Memecylon kollimalayanum M.B.Viswan., Nordic J. Bot. 21(3): 253 (2001) 2001. ?; .   Tree for id 190110MK1 : 11 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (5) Kindly id this common medium sized tree found in mixed deciduous forests. I have no clue on flowers and fruits. I suspect the tree is closer to Eugenia Genus or […]

Memecylon depressum Benth., Numer. List [Wallich] n. 4101 1831.; Shrubs; branchlets tetragonous towards the upper part of each internode, terete below. Leaves to 13 x 5.5 cm, ovate-oblong, acute at apex, subsessile, brown when dried, nerves about 12 pairs, subdistinct. Cymes 2.5 cm across, densely branched. Flowers 4 mm across, many-together; calyx teeth acute; petals […]

Memecylon randerianum S.M.Almeida & M.R.Almeida, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 85(3): 521 , nom. nov. 1989 [1988 publ. 1989].; . Bushy shrubs. Leaves 5-12 x 1.5-4 cm, ovate, apex gradually acute, cordate at base, sessile; nerves obscure. Flowers fascicled in very dense many-flowered cymes; peduncles 1-2 mm long; pedicels short, 1-2 mm long. Calyx tube […]

Memecylon royenii Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 360 .;   A species found in only six forest localities in Ratnapura District and in a single locality in Kalutara District during the extensive forest surveys conducted for the National Conservation Review. Native: Sri Lanka (From IUCN Red List (VU) )      Tree for ID confirmation – Bangalore […]

Memecylon ponmudianum AMBIKABAI RAGHAVANPILLAI SIVU, MATALAI KOKKARAMATH RATHEESH NARAYANAN, NEDIYAPARAMBU SUKUMARAN PRADEEP, ETTICKAL SUKUMARAN SANTHOSH KUMAR, ALAGRAMAM GOVINDASAMY PANDURANGAN, 2014;       A new species of Memecylon from Kerala : 6 posts by 6 authors. Kindly see the following link :

Memecylon talbotianum Brandis; . muh-MEHS-uh-lawn — adopted from the Greek name of Arbutus fruit … Encyclopaedia Londinensis tal-bot-ee-AY-num — named for W A Talbot, author of Forest Flora of the Bombay Presidency . commonly known as: Talbot’s memecylon • Kannada: belivaratha, chappalu • Kunbi: ಅಂಜನಿ anjani • Marathi: कंचन kanchan • Tamil: கல்காசான் kalkaasan, கஞ்சன் […]

Memecylon angustifolium Wight, Ill. Pl. Orient. 1: 215 215 .;   Malayalam: Attukanala South India and Sri Lanka; in the Western Ghats- rare in South Sahyadri.             Memecylon angustifolium form Pooyamkutty: (10 pictures) Another Western Ghat endemic plant. Memecylon angustifolium Wight of Melastomataceae family from Pooyamkutty Reserve forest. Some of the pictures taken during March […]

IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN) Memecylon subramanii A.N.Henry — J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 77(3): 492 (1980 publ. 1981).;       Flora picture of the Year 2012- Giby Kuriakose:  Here is my picture for Flora Picture of the year 2012.   Memecylon subramanii a narrow endemic species belonging to the family Melastomataceae.   Photographed from Schentharuni Wildlife […]