Medinilla malabarica
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering
- September-December
How to identify Medinilla malabarica
Identify Medinilla malabarica by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Melastomataceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Medinilla malabarica.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Medinilla malabarica
- Genus
- Medinilla
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen and Shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-December
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Melastomataceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Medinilla malabarica itself; the rest are typical of the Melastomataceae family — flowering plants only.
About Medinilla malabarica
Medinilla malabarica is a shrub in the Melastomataceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala. It grows in evergreen and Shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to December.
Melastomataceae
Melastome family
Medinilla malabarica belongs to the Melastomataceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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