Memecylon heyneanum is an unresolved name
Description: Small trees ca.
5 m tall. Branchlets terete, glabrous,
Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 0.7-1
cm long, stout, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 13-16
x 4-5 cm, lanceolate, tapering into acuminate apex with
blunt tip, baseacute, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib slightly
raised above; secondary_nerves ca. 20 pairs, distantly parallel and
joining with intramarginal_nerve. (looks like a myrtaceae member), tertiary_nerves obscure.
Flowers nearly sessile,
in axillary and lateral fascicles,
purple; disk rays prominent. Berry, seed 1.
Distribution :
Endemic to the Western_Ghats- occasional in South Sahyadri and southern part of
Central Sahyadris (up to Coorg Region). Grown on the rare undergrowth mostly in
low elevation evergreen forests up to
900 m.
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