Medinilla

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{For|the place|Medinilla, Castile and León}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Starr_020913-0003_Medinilla_cumingii.jpg

|image_caption = Medinilla cumingii

|taxon = Medinilla

|authority = Gaudich. ex DC.{{R|POWO}}

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = Many, see list of species

|synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}}

|synonyms = {{specieslist

|Carionia| Naudin

|Cephalomedinilla| Merr.

|Dactyliota| Blume

|Diplogenea| Lindl.

|Erpetina| Naudin

|Hypenanthe| Blume

|Myrianthemum| Gilg

|Triplectrum| D.Don ex Wight & Arn.

}}

}}

Image:Medinilla magnifica flor.jpg

Medinilla is a genus of about 368 species of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to tropical regions of the Old World from Africa east through southeast Asia to Australia and the western Pacific Ocean. The genus was named after José de Medinilla y Pineda, governor of the Mariana Islands in 1820.{{R|POWO}}

Species in this genus are evergreen shrubs or vines. The leaves are opposite or whorled, or alternate in some species. The flowers are white, pink, red, or orange, and are produced singly or in large panicles.{{cn|date=October 2024}}