How to identify Memecylon flavescens
Identify Memecylon flavescens by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Unusual yellow flowers for the genus.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-April.
- Confirm it sits within the Melastomataceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Memecylon flavescens.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Memecylon flavescens
- Genus
- Memecylon
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and Shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Melastomataceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Memecylon flavescens itself; the rest are typical of the Melastomataceae family — flowering plants only.
About Memecylon flavescens
A member of the Melastomataceae family, Memecylon flavescens is a tree. It grows in evergreen and Shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to April.
Melastomataceae
Melastome family
Memecylon flavescens belongs to the Melastomataceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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