Memecylon rostratum
| Memecylon rostratum | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Melastomataceae |
| Genus: | Memecylon |
| Species: | M. rostratum |
| Binomial name | |
| Memecylon rostratum Thwaites | |
Memecylon rostratum is a species of plant in the Melastomataceae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
Leaves
small, lanceolate to oval, base tapering, caudate-acuminate to obtuse apex, faint veins.
Trunk
Wood - yellow, smooth, hard; branchlets numerous; twigs compressed or nearly quadrangular.
Flowers
pale blue, very small; Inflorescence - stalked umbels in leaf axils or leafless nodes.
Fruits
small, globose berry.
Ecology
rain forest understory of wet zone.
Culture
Known as "kuratiya - කූරටියා" in Sinhala.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Memecylon rostratum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.