Memecylon madgolense Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919, 227. ?;

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Request for Id of Memecylon species

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This is also a shrub, found near the Memecylon depressum, but the flowers are not seen.

May I request you to pl. mention the place & date.


Photographed near Nelapattu Bird sanctuary in Nellore district. on 15-10-2017


Can it be Memecylon grande Retz. as per images herein ?


rethinking


May be Memecylon madagolense Gamble.


References:

Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved) IPNI

Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 3 By T. Pullaiah (2007- details with keys) 

1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants edited by Kerry S. Walter, Harriet J. Gillett

Typification of seven names of Indian Memecylon (Melastomataceae) Moumita Das Das, Debabrata Maity, Arabinda Pramanik- Kew Bullitin, Sept.2016  (summary- Seven names in the genus Memecylon L.: M. amplexicaule Roxb. var. malabarica C. B. Clarke, M. andamanicum King, M. gracile Bedd., M. lushingtonii Gamble, M. madgolense Gamble, M. pulchrum Kurz and M. terminale Dalzell are lectotypified here as a part of a revisionary study of the genus in India)


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