Memecylon parvifolium is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
| Memecylon parvifolium | |
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| Memecylon parvifolium in Hakgale Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Memecylon |
| Species: | M. parvifolium
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| Binomial name | |
| Memecylon parvifolium | |
Leaves edit
Broadly obovate, base tapering, obtuse to rounded apex, veins invisible; dark green, shiny above; young flush reddish.
Trunk edit
Bark - gray, finely cracked; Wood - yellow, hard, heavy; twigs quadrangular.
Flowers edit
White to pinkish red, few, small, nearly sessile.
Fruits edit
Black berry, tipped with calyx.
Ecology edit
Montane forest subcanopy.
References edit
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Memecylon parvifolium.
- 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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