Belavaka / Blue Mist
Memecylon angustifolium
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering
- April-May
How to identify Belavaka
Identify Belavaka 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Narrow leaves.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Opposite.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Umbel.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-May.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Memecylon angustifolium
- Genus
- Memecylon
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Along stream banks of Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“Leaves are simple, opposite, decussate;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“Leaves are simple, opposite, decussate;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Belavaka itself; the rest are typical of the Melastomataceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
- Flower arrangement
- UmbelrecordedFlower stalks all radiate from a single point, like umbrella ribs.“Flowers are blue in color and show axillary umbels inflorescence.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“Fruit is a blackish purple, one-seeded berry.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Belavaka itself; the rest are typical of the Melastomataceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Attunjarei, Vellaikaya, Vellaikkaya
- Kannada
- ಬೆಲವಕ Belavaka, ಬೆಳವನಕಾನ Belavanakaana, Belavakana
- Malayalam
- Aattukanala, ആറ്റുകനല
About Belavaka
Blue Mist (Memecylon angustifolium) belongs to the Melastomataceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It grows in along stream banks of Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from April to May.
Melastomataceae
Melastome family
Belavaka belongs to the Melastomataceae family.
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