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Memecylon lanceolatum Blanco

Description

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Shrubs or small trees. Branches terete, glabrous. Leaves sessile or with a petiole to 3 mm; leaf blade elliptic, elliptic-ovate, or ovate-oblong, 6-8(-12) × 2-3.5(-5) cm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, secondary veins ca. 6 on each side of midvein and inconspicuous, base obtuse to cuneate, margin entire, apex acuminate with an obtuse tip. Inflorescences axillary, densely cymose. Flowers 1-2 mm in diam. Fruit globular, 7-8 × ca. 8 mm.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 13: 396, 397 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Distribution

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Taiwan (Lan Yu) [Indonesia, Philippines].
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 13: 396, 397 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
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eFloras

Habitat

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Dense forest margins by streamsides; 300-500 m.
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cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
copyright
Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
bibliographic citation
Flora of China Vol. 13: 396, 397 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
source
Flora of China @ eFloras.org
editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
project
eFloras.org
original
visit source
partner site
eFloras