Medinilla astronioides Triana

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Medinilla astronioides Triana

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 8653, Mar 1907

  • Location

    Philippines. Benguet. Baguio, Luzon.

  • Habitat

    in damp grounds of creek banks with other shrubs in the pine region.

  • Description

    Shrubs 3 meters high...; bark of stem yellowish brown, coarsely and longitudinally checked; leaves spreading, sub-membra- nous, sulphureous yellow beneath; infrutescence always terminal, erect, the pedicels and the fruits dark red.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4396252

    Occurrence ID: 356816d0-45eb-4e8d-ad5f-09663ed308c6

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Benguet

  • Locality

    Baguio, Luzon

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1524 m. (5000 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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8663. Medinilla astronioides fri*nft* Shrubs 3 meters
high in damp ground of c*#*d^banks with ^thsr shrubs in the
pint region at 5,000 ffft# baric of stem yellowish brown, coar-
sely and longitudinally checked; leaves spreading, submembra-
nous, sulphureous yellow beneath; infrute«cenee always termi-
nal, erect, the pedicels and the fruits dark red;
Baguio. March, 190?. ELMERS FIELD NOTES
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PHILIPPINE PLANTS
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Locality BagllO
Province BeDgUet	Island Luzon
lector and date.
$€S3 A. D.E. Elmer Mar., 1907.
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