Family: Melastomataceae
Synonym: Memecylon wightii var. cylindricum Trimen
Vernacular name:
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Evergreen forests
Distribution: Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
Flowering and Fruiting: April-September
Key identification features: Shrubs or small trees; branchlets winged to acutely quadrangular or occasionally terete. Inflorescence condensed; flowers many, congested in tufts at the nodes on the branches below the leaves. Petals blue. Fruits globose.
Uses: They are used in the treatment of herpes, leucorrhea, gonorrhea, conjunctivitis, snake bite, and skin diseases.
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