Memecylon gitingense Elmer

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Memecylon gitingense Elmer

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 12189, Apr 1910

  • Location

    Philippines. Capiz. Magallanes (Mt Giting-Giting), Island of Sibuyan.

  • Habitat

    On the wooden banks of the Sinubang creek. Clay soil of gravelly subsoil.

  • Description

    Rather small trees, stem 6 inches thick, terete, branched from the middle, 25 feet high, wood moderately hard and heavy, brownish toward the center, odorless and tasteless; bark comparitively thin, dull brown, finely shredded or checked; branches widely spreading, ultimately numerously and laxly rebranched; leaves numerous, descending, thinly coriaceous, curvingly folded upon the upper side, recurved especially toward the apex, much lighter green beneath; infrutescence 1 to 3-clustered from the lead acils, upon short green ascending stalks, pedicels shorter; fruits similarly flattened at both ends, otherwise globose, less than 1/4 inch across, whitish when mature, the apex with a circular scar, the crustaceous seed with greenish convoluted cotyledones.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4397718

    Occurrence ID: e2d6acf7-2f55-42f1-aa3c-20f687a13d02

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Capiz

  • Locality

    Magallanes (Mt Giting-Giting), Island of Sibuyan

  • Elevation

    Alt. 229 m. (751 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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12189, Meaiecylon gitingenee 11». n. sp. Bather
small tree» In ©lay soil of gravelly subcoil, on the
wooded banks of the Sifeukang creek at 750 feets stem 6
inches thick, terete, branched from the middle« 25 feet high;
wood moderately hard and heavy, brownish toward the center,
odorless and tasteless; bark comparatively thin, dull brown,
finely shredded or checked; branches widely spreading,
ultimately numerously and laxly rebranched; leaves numerous,
descending, thinly coriaceous, curvingly folded upon the
upper side, recurved especially toward the apex, much
lighter green beneath; iafrutesoence 1 to ¿¿«clustered from
the leaf axils, upon short green ascending stalks, pedicels
shorter; fruits similarly flattened at both ends, othermite
globose, less than 1/4 inch across, whitish when mature?
the apex with a circular scar, the crustaoeons seed with
greenish convoluted cotyledones: "Anabá;* Magallanes?
April, 1910.
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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
MAGALLANES (mT. OITINQ-OITINQ), PROVINCE OF CAPIZ
ISLAND OF SIBUYAN ,-MAT, 1910
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