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Internal ID UUID64405906f176f222209071
Scientific name Memecylon angustifolium
Authority Wight
First published in Ill. Ind. Bot. i. 215 (1840)

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Memecylon angustifolium, also known as blue mist, is a plant found in India and Sri Lanka. It belongs to the Melastomataceae family and has simple, opposite leaves with a narrow linear-elliptic or linear-lanceolate shape. The flowers are blue and grow in clusters on the stems. The fruit is a one-seeded berry that is blackish purple in color. In Malayanam, it is called "Aattukanala" and in Sinhala, it is known as "kora kaha - කොර කහ".

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Malayalam ആറ്റുകനല

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  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Laos
      • Vietnam

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World Flora Online wfo-0001274408
Tropicos 50271970
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:571400-1
Open Tree Of Life 807428
NCBI Taxonomy 1288324
IPNI 571400-1
iNaturalist 1051442
GBIF 3868347
Elurikkus 429965
Wikipedia Memecylon_angustifolium

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Niche dynamics of Memecylon in Sri Lanka: Distribution patterns, climate change effects, and conservation priorities Amarasinghe P, Barve N, Kathriarachchi H, Loiselle B, Cellinese N Ecol Evol 03-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8717329
doi:10.1002/ece3.8415
PMID:35003667

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