Vasilis Teodoridis:
Melastomataceae | Memecylon
4. Memecylon ligustrifolium Champion ex Bentham; Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 117. 1852.
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Shrubs or trees; 1.5-5(-7) m tall; many-branched. Branches terete or sometimes 4-sided. Petiole 3-5 mm; leaf blade elliptic; ovate; or ovate-lanceolate; 5.5-8 x 2.5-3.5 cm; leathery; both surfaces scabrous; base cuneate; margin entire; apex acuminate with an obtuse tip. Inflorescences in axils of leaves or at leaf scars on older branches; cymose; ca. 1 cm; peduncle 1-3 mm; bracts ovate; ca. 1 mm. Pedicel 1-4 mm; both sides pubescent. Hypanthium semiglobose; 1.5-3 mm. Calyx lobes 4; repand. Petals white or tinged yellowish green or purple; semiorbicular; ca. 3 x 4 mm; apex rounded. Stamens blue; ca. 4.5 mm; anthers and conic connective 1-2 mm; lacking an abaxial gland. Ovary ovoid; apex truncate. Fruit a baccate drupe; globular; ca. 1 cm in diam.; minutely tuberculate; apex with a ring. Fl. May-Aug; fr. Dec-Feb.
? Dense forests; mountain slopes; valleys; damp places; 100-1600 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Yunnan.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Melastomataceae | Memecylon
4. Memecylon ligustrifolium Champion ex Bentham; Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 117. 1852.
?? gu mu
Shrubs or trees; 1.5-5(-7) m tall; many-branched. Branches terete or sometimes 4-sided. Petiole 3-5 mm; leaf blade elliptic; ovate; or ovate-lanceolate; 5.5-8 x 2.5-3.5 cm; leathery; both surfaces scabrous; base cuneate; margin entire; apex acuminate with an obtuse tip. Inflorescences in axils of leaves or at leaf scars on older branches; cymose; ca. 1 cm; peduncle 1-3 mm; bracts ovate; ca. 1 mm. Pedicel 1-4 mm; both sides pubescent. Hypanthium semiglobose; 1.5-3 mm. Calyx lobes 4; repand. Petals white or tinged yellowish green or purple; semiorbicular; ca. 3 x 4 mm; apex rounded. Stamens blue; ca. 4.5 mm; anthers and conic connective 1-2 mm; lacking an abaxial gland. Ovary ovoid; apex truncate. Fruit a baccate drupe; globular; ca. 1 cm in diam.; minutely tuberculate; apex with a ring. Fl. May-Aug; fr. Dec-Feb.
? Dense forests; mountain slopes; valleys; damp places; 100-1600 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Yunnan.