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Memecylon cantleyi

Family
Melastomataceae (Melastomat family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
SE. Myanmar to W. Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Memecylon cantleyi is a shrub or tree species in the Melastomataceae family. The flowers are white and vivid blue. The plant is native to an area from Borneo to Sumatra to Thailand. A name given to the tree in Malaysia, nipis kulit, translates as "calamondin bark".

Where it grows

The species is native to an area of Southeast Asia, from Borneo to Thailand. Countries and regions that it grows in are: Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatera {Simeulue}); Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, Peninsular Malaysia); Brunei Darussalam; Singapore; Thailand.

Other Memecylon plants

Lijndenia greenwayi · Memecylon angustifolium · Memecylon caeruleum · Memecylon candidum · Memecylon capitellatum · Memecylon cerasiforme · Memecylon cinereum · Memecylon clarkeanum · Memecylon corticosum · Memecylon cuneatum · Memecylon dasyanthum · Memecylon discolor

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Memecylon cantleyi 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.

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