Medinilla aurantiflora Elmer

  • Filed As

    Melastomataceae
    Medinilla aurantiflora Elmer ( isotype )

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 9934, Apr 1908

  • Location

    Philippines. Negros Oriental. Dumaguete, Cuernos Mountains, along the Bonyad River.

  • Habitat

    On wet seepage cliffs.

  • Description

    Shrub, 5 m high or shorter; soft wood reddish, with a slightly fetid odor; bark bron, deeply checked, gray and merely lenticelled on the slender branchlets; subcoriaceous leaves spreading, dull green above, yellowish beneath; inflorescence from near the base of the stem or stems; clusters 6 inches long more or less, branched, the ultimate ones suberect; bracts soft red; the young fruit brighter purplish-red; the four delicate corollas orange-red and radially spreading; filaments whitish; anthers wholly light yellow; branchlets of the inflorescence woody but very flexible. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 228813

    Occurrence ID: 7e3f53d2-c19c-446e-9b86-45bc1eab2cc6

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Negros Oriental

  • Locality

    Dumaguete, Cuernos Mountains, along the Bonyad River

  • Elevation

    Alt. 914.4 m. (3000 ft.)

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