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Memecylon sylvaticum Thwaites
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Previous name used in the website: Memecylon sylvaticum
Family name: MELASTOMATACEAE
English name: Available soon
Sinhala name: Kayam (කායම්)
Yakada maran (යකඩ මරන්)
Tamil name: Available soon
Sanskrit name: Available soon
Conservation status: NT - Near Threatened - NRL - 2020
Description: A shrub or small tree. Branchlets subterete. Leaves elliptic or elliptic- ovate, 5- 10 X 2- 5 cm , cuneate at the base and narrowed into an up to 5 mm long petiole, acuminate to shortly caudate and obtuse to rounded at the very apex. Inflorescence condensed or thyrsoid to umbel- shaped, 5-12 mm diameter, sessile or with up to 4 mm long primary axes in the leaf axils and at the nodes on the branches below the leaves. Flower colour blue. Fruit globose.
Native Distribution Status: Endemic
Edible parts: Available soon
Treatment for: Available soon
Parts used in Treatment: Available soon
Related Medical Properties: Available soon
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