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 1-2 mm long, campanulate, truncate at apex. Petals 1-2 mm long, obovate, blue. Style subulate, c. 3 mm long. Berry 4-5 mm across, globose. Flowering and fruiting: February-May Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, and also in sacred groves Southern Western Ghats (Endemic) (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal) .
ANDEC42 Please identify this Memecylon sp. : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) Clicked at Amruth Herbal Garden, FRLHT, Bangalore I assume the plant was collected from some place in the western ghats and then propagated in this garden. Can it be Memecylon randeriana? http://biotik.org/india/species/m/memerand/memerand_en.html very nice. cant help with differential but appreciate your pictures Thank you so much ma’am. This was from before I started going to forests regularly. Hence was pleasantly surprised to find this beauty of a plant flowering in a nursery. M. randerianum Almeda Id requested for the following attachment.. Date/Time-: 12/05/11 – 08:30 Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga , Uttar Kannada, Karnataka, 380 mtrs Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- wild Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- tree Height/Length- 2mtr looking like Cryptolepis This Could be Memecylon sp. … unless … is confident about the plant growing into a tree, my guess: this could be some Asclepiad climber. My guess is that this could be a species of either Ixora or Memecylon. Appears close to images at Memecylon depressum Benth. M. randerianum .
mostly it is Memecylon randerianum but when checked in eflora of India it is completely different with the leaf arrangement in the uploads Around 10 species are reported from Kerala. Hence please check: https://www.eflorakerala.com/ and http://www.keralaplants.in. Memecylon is one of the large genus with about 400 species with complexity.. hence experience is required to deal M.randerianum almada & almeda |
Memecylon randerianum
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