Vasilis Teodoridis:
Melastomataceae | Memecylon
10. Memecylon nigrescens Hooker & Arnott; Bot. Beechey Voy. 186. 1833.
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Shrubs or trees; 2-8 m tall; many-branched. Branches terete; glabrous; bark canescent brown. Petiole 2-3 mm; leaf blade brownish yellow-green when dry; elliptic; rarely ovate-oblong; 3-6.5 x 1.5-3 cm; stiffly papery; both surfaces glabrous and glossy; base cuneate; margin entire; apex obtuse to acute and sometimes with a retuse tip. Inflorescences axillary; cymose; nearly capitate; less than 1 cm; 2- or 3-branched; many-flowered; peduncle very short; bracts very small; caducous. Pedicel ca. 0.5 mm. Hypanthium shallowly cup-shaped; ca. 1.5 x 2 mm; glabrous; apex truncate and shallowly 4-lobed. Petals blue or white; broadly lanceolate; ca. 2 x 1 mm; base unguiculate; margin irregularly 1- or 2-dentate; apex acuminate. Stamens ca. 2 mm; filaments 1.2-1.5 mm; anthers and conic connective ca. 0.8 mm; lacking abaxial gland. Fruit black when dry; a baccate drupe; globular; 6-7 mm in diam. Fl. May-Jun; fr. Dec-Feb.
? Sparse to dense forests; thickets; hillsides; 400-1700 m. Guangdong; Hainan.