Systematic Classification:
Division : Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledons
Family : Melastomataceae
Genus : Memecylon
Species : randerianaCommon Name:
Kasavu
General Information:
Trees up to 5 m tall.Branchlets terete, glabrous.Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, sessile or subsessile; lamina 5-13 x 2.5-5.5 cm, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, apex acute or obtuse, base rounded to subcordate, margin entire, thickly coriaceous; midrib canaliculate above; secondary nerves and tertiary nerves obscure or former slightly visible when dry.Flowers blue, fascicled, singly or in very short pedunculate cymes, generally on lateral tubercles.Fruit and Seed Berry, globose, seeds 1.
Economic Importance:
- Not evaluated.