Herbarium JCB

Memecylon umbellatum N. Burman

Family : MELASTOMATACEAE
(MELASTOMA FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Melastomataceae
Species : Memecylon umbellatum
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved
Common name : Iron-wood tree
Vernacular name : Mundi, Alle, Archara (Kan.); Kayambu (Tam.); Alli, Midalli, Kikkalli, Kukkalli, Uddalalli, Peddalli (Tel.); Niresh, Niras, Niresho, Bonohorono, Dalsundaro, Paikiri (Ori.)
Key identification features : A moderate size evergreen tree with sometimes yellowish-foliage. Bark is thin, light-brown, corky and fluted or marked by fine vertical cracks. Leaves are coriaceous, opposite, elliptic-ovate, shining above and pale beneath. Flowers are axillary, bluish-purple or blue, in compact sessile umbels. Petals 4, Stamens 8. Berry is sub-globose, purplish black and shining.
Habit : Tree
Flower, Fruit : April-August
Native : India
Comments : Occasional in plains in scrub jungles, in dry evergreen forests and deciduous forests up to 1000 m.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Kolar district (Karnataka State); Kolli Hills (Namakkal district) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, West Godavari district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Khammam district, Nalgonda district, Mehbubnagar district (Telangana State); Cuttack district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Ganjam district, Angul district, Keonjhar district (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malesia
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Memecylon umbellatum. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.