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Memecylon caeruleum is a shrub or tree species in the Melastomataceae family. It is found from New Guinea, west through Southeast Asia to Tibet, China. It has become an invasive weed in the Seychelles. It has some local use for wood and food.
The species grows as a native in an area from New Guinea, across Malesia to parts of Zhōngguó/China. Countries and regions in which it has been recorded as native are: Papua New Guinea (mainland); Indonesia (Western New Guinea/West Papua, Maluku, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Jawa, Sumatera); Philippines; Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, Peninsular Malaysia); Singapore; Cambodia; Vietnam; Laos; Zhōngguó/China (Hainan, Yunnan, Tibet); Myanmar; and India (Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands). It has also been introduced to the Seychelles.
The trunks of the shrub are used for firewood in Cambodia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Memecylon caeruleum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
