Memecylon parvifolium
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|genus = Memecylon
|species = parvifolium
|authority = Thwaites
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|image_caption=Memecylon parvifolium in Hakgale Botanical Garden
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Memecylon parvifolium is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. 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.
References
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External links
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- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ifn-77723
- http://cabdirect.org/abstracts/20093323585.html;jsessionid=72958E6E0398B3FD0CC334D82C23479D
- http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/250989
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Category:Endemic flora of Sri Lanka
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