Filed As:
Melastomataceae
Medinilla burebidensis Elmer ( isotype )
Melastomataceae
Medinilla burebidensis Elmer ( isotype )
Common Names:
capeleli
capeleli
Location:
Philippines. Davao del Sur. Todaya. Mindanao, Mount Apo: Mount Burebid. Alt. 1371.6 m. (4500 ft.)
Philippines. Davao del Sur. Todaya. Mindanao, Mount Apo: Mount Burebid. Alt. 1371.6 m. (4500 ft.)
Description:
Scandent shrub; stem terete, 1 inch thick, flexible, numerously bramched at the top and the branches forming a tangeled mass; wood whitish, soft, odorless, and tasteless; bark grayish, thick, smooth or lenticeled or minutely checked; leaves coriaceous, ascendingly recurved, dull green above, much lighter green beneath; infructescence axillary, ascending; the pedicels purplish; fruits short, ovoid, deep purple, 3/8 inches in diameter. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.
Scandent shrub; stem terete, 1 inch thick, flexible, numerously bramched at the top and the branches forming a tangeled mass; wood whitish, soft, odorless, and tasteless; bark grayish, thick, smooth or lenticeled or minutely checked; leaves coriaceous, ascendingly recurved, dull green above, much lighter green beneath; infructescence axillary, ascending; the pedicels purplish; fruits short, ovoid, deep purple, 3/8 inches in diameter. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.
Habitat:
Upon small tree of a dry wooded ridge.
Upon small tree of a dry wooded ridge.
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 228824
GUID: bd79b201-3907-4e55-935d-2584b4f89bc1
NY Barcode: 228824
GUID: bd79b201-3907-4e55-935d-2584b4f89bc1