✿Melastomataceae · Medinilla
Medinilla malabarica
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering
- September-December
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.
Botanical family
Melastomataceae
Melastome family
Medinilla malabarica belongs to the Melastomataceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
Explore the Melastomataceae family →Snap it. Know it.
Point your camera at Medinilla malabarica or any plant and SASYA identifies it instantly — on-device, offline, and private.