Filed As:
Melastomataceae
Medinilla elegans Elmer ( isosyntype )
Melastomataceae
Medinilla elegans Elmer ( isosyntype )
Common Names:
tiwalas
tiwalas
Location:
Philippines. Davao del Sur. Todaya. Mindanao: Mount Apo. Alt. 1219.2 m. (4000 ft.)
Philippines. Davao del Sur. Todaya. Mindanao: Mount Apo. Alt. 1219.2 m. (4000 ft.)
Description:
Scandent upon small trees; stems round, branched, climbing, 1 inch thick, rather rigid, with yellowish gray, thinly checked bark; wood sappy, white, odorless and tasteless, with a large pith; leaves in subwhorl, horizontally spreading or descending, flat, only the tips recurved, coriaceous, deep green above, much paler beneath; young infrutescence along the branchlets, suberect, reddish, terete peduncles; the greenish-white, globose young fruits or buds (?) subtended by reddish, caducous bracts. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.
Scandent upon small trees; stems round, branched, climbing, 1 inch thick, rather rigid, with yellowish gray, thinly checked bark; wood sappy, white, odorless and tasteless, with a large pith; leaves in subwhorl, horizontally spreading or descending, flat, only the tips recurved, coriaceous, deep green above, much paler beneath; young infrutescence along the branchlets, suberect, reddish, terete peduncles; the greenish-white, globose young fruits or buds (?) subtended by reddish, caducous bracts. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.
Habitat:
In forests.
In forests.
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 228844
GUID: fe552279-cf7d-407f-b4e5-342b45a31ae0
NY Barcode: 228844
GUID: fe552279-cf7d-407f-b4e5-342b45a31ae0