Melastomataceae FAMILY

Memecylon pauciflorum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Memecylon pauciflorum is a many-branched, evergreen shrub or a tree that can grow from 1 - 8 metres tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 334 Title Flora of Peninsula Malaysia Publication Author Website http://www.tfbc.frim.gov.my Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description In the process of being assembled (15/07/09), it is currently a series of check sheets giving species name, brief description, habitat and high quality photos of the plants. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia to New Guinea and northern Australia.

HabitatForests and mountain slopes[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Lowland Dipterocarp forest and evergreen forest, often on limestone; a shrub in beach forests on sandy soils and drier evergreen forests; at elevations up to 600 metres[ 334 Title Flora of Peninsula Malaysia Publication Author Website http://www.tfbc.frim.gov.my Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description In the process of being assembled (15/07/09), it is currently a series of check sheets giving species name, brief description, habitat and high quality photos of the plants. ].