Memecylon umbellatum
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Memecylon umbellatum

Memecylon umbellatum

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

Succeeds in full sun or in partial shade[1]. Grows best in a moist, well-drained, humus-rich soil[1].

Propagation

Seed - Air layering Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Memecylon+umbellatum>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants - Identification and Cultivation of over 3,000 Tropical Plants — Ahmed Fayaz · Firefly Books Ltd.; New Zealand · 2011 · ISBN 978-1-55407-489 ↩︎A good photograph and terse but detailed information for over 3,000 species of tropical plants. An excellent reference.
  2. [2]Flowers of India — http://www.flowersofindia.net/ ↩︎A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars.
  3. [3]Les Plantes Utiles des Colonies Françaises — J.-L. De Lanessan (Editor) · 1886 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/Default.aspx ↩︎Information on the useful plants of the Frech colonies towards the end of the 19th century. Many botanical names have changed, but the information remains valid and is often not easy to find elsewhwere. It can be downloaded from the Internet
  4. [4]Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement). — Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C. · Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. · 1986 · ISBN - ↩︎Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader.
  5. [5]Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants of Sri Lanka — http://www.instituteofayurveda.org/ ↩︎An excellent site and comprehensive information resource, still being developed (2016), detailing the Ayurvedic medicinal uses of the plants of Sri Lanka
  6. [6]The Gardens' Bulletin Vol. 57 — Botanic Gardens Park and Recreation Department; Singapore · 1980 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A botanical journal, this edition includes a revision of the Asian section of the genus Memecylon