Elimaram
Memecylon gracile
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering
- January-August
How to identify Elimaram
Identify Elimaram 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: Slender graceful branches.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Melastomataceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Elimaram.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Memecylon gracile
- Genus
- Memecylon
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-August
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Melastomataceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Elimaram itself; the rest are typical of the Melastomataceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Uchikkaca
- Malayalam
- Elimaram
About Elimaram
Memecylon gracile belongs to the Melastomataceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Kerala. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to August.
Melastomataceae
Melastome family
Elimaram belongs to the Melastomataceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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