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227.0000 Family Melastomataceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 328 (1789), nom. cons.
148 genera, ca. 6000 spp. tropics, by far the majority in tropical America, almost 1000 in Colombia. Complete phylogeny: Goldenberg et al. (2022), refined by Quakenbush et al. (2025)
Species listed in database: 6080; hybrids: 2
= Blakeaceae Rchb. ex Barnhart; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 19 (1895)
= Memecylaceae DC.; Linnaea 2: 505 (1827)
= Miconiaceae Mart.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [Martius] 64 (1835)
= Mouririaceae Gardner; J. Bot. [Hooker] 2: 22 (1840)
= Rhexiaceae Dumort.; Commentat. Bot. [Dumortier] 59 (1822)
227.1004 Genus Memecylon L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 349 (1753)
Distribution: Tropical Old World from Africa and Asia through Malesia to Australia and the Pacific Islands
Species listed in database: 401
= Klaineastrum Pierre ex A.Chev.; Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. 9: 215 (1917)
= Scutula Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 235 (1790)
= Valikaha Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 84 (1763)
species :
Memecylon aberrans H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 194 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon accedens R.D.Stone, Ghogue & Cheek; Kew Bull. 63(2): 231 (2008)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast; Cameroon
22 IVO LBR 23 CMN
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon afzelii var. amoenum Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 426 (1979)
species :
Memecylon acrocarpum Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 351 (1943)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Memecylon acrogenum R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 28(2): 338 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon acuminatissimum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 360 (1850)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor); Sumatra; Borneo; Brunei
42 BOR BRN MLY SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon paniculatum Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 572 (1856)
species :
Memecylon acuminatum Sm.; Cycl. [A.Rees] 23: n. 4 (1813)
Distribution: Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Langkawi Isl., Kelantan, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka); +Singapore; Borneo
41 VIE 42 BOR MLY SNG
variant :
var. flavescens C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 562 (1879)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Melaka, Pahang)
42 MLY
variant :
var. tenuis Guillaumin
Distribution: Cambodia
41 CBD
species :
Memecylon aenigmaticum R.D.Stone; Phytotaxa 331(2): 163 (2017)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Memecylon aequidianum Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 430 (1979)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; ?Gabon
23 CMN EQG
species :
Memecylon affine Merr.; Publ. Bur. Sci. Gov. Lab. 35: 52 (1906)
Distribution: Taiwan; Philippines (Luzon, Panay)
38 TAI 42 PHI
variant :
var. lancifolium Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 218 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon afroschismaticum R.D.Stone; Pl. Ecol. Evol. 153(1): 161 (2020)
Distribution: Rwanda; Burundi; Tanzania
23 BUR RWA 25 TAN
species :
Memecylon afzelii G.Don; Gen. Hist. 2: 655 (1832)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; S-Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon
22 BEN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CMN GAB
species :
Memecylon agastyamalaianum E.S.S.Kumar, Antony & A.E.S.Khan; Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 44(2): 175 (2003)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon alatum Aug.DC.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 575 (1908)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon albescens Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 427 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon albocoronatum R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 190 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon alipes R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 37(1): 58 (2015)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon
23 CMN GAB
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Memecylon ambilobense R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(2): 175 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon ambrense Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 6 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon amherstianum C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 557 (1879)
Distribution: Myanmar (Mon)
41 MYA
species :
Memecylon amoenum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 440 (1984 publ. 1985), nom. nov.
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon tenuifolium H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 202 (1932)
species :
Memecylon amplexicaule Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. [88] ((1814), nomen, et Fl. Ind. 2: 260 (1832)
Distribution: peninsular Thailand; Laos; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Brunei
41 LAO THA 42 BOR BRN MLY SNG SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon microstomum C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 557 (1879)
species :
Memecylon amplifolium R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 28(2): 350 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon amshoffiae Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 410 (1979), as ´amshoffae´
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon
23 CMN GAB
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Memecylon andamanicum King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69: 85 (1900)
Distribution: Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.)
41 AND NCB
species :
Memecylon angustatum R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(2): 178 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon angustifolium Wight; Ill. Ind. Bot. (Madras) 1: 215 (1840)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka; Laos; Vietnam
40 IND SRL 41 LAO VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon angustifolium var. riparium Alston; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6, Suppl. 127 (1931)
= Memecylon gopalanii Murugan & Manickam; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 25(3): 509 (2001 publ. 2002)
species :
Memecylon antongilense R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 192 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon antseranense Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 13 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon apoense Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 4: 1199 (1911)
Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao, Negros)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon urdanetense Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 8: 2764 (1915)
species :
Memecylon arcuatomarginatum Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 766 (1921)
Distribution: SW-Cameroon
23 CMN
species :
Memecylon arenicola R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(1): 82 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon argenteum K.Bremer; Opera Bot. 69: 33 (1983)
Distribution: Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Memecylon arnhemense Whiffin; Fl. Australia 18: 325, 255 (1990)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory: C-Arnhem Land)
50 AUS
species :
Memecylon articulatum R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 194 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon atractocarpum R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 196 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon aurantifolium Wijedasa; Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 51(2): 87 (2023)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Memecylon auratifolium H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 111 (1945)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon australissimum R.D.Stone & I.G.Mona; Phytotaxa 418(3): 252 (2019)
Distribution: South Africa (E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Memecylon azurinii Quisumb. & Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci. 37: 183 (1928)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon bachmannii Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 768 (1921)
Name: Pondo Rose-apple
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon grandiflorum R.Fern. & A.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 29: 63 (1955)
species :
Memecylon bailek Wijedasa; Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 51(2): 90 (2023)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Memecylon bakerianum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1154 (1891), nom. nov.
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon oleifolium Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 343 (1884), non Blume
species :
Memecylon bakossiense R.D.Stone, Ghogue & Cheek; Kew Bull. 63(2): 234 (2008)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Memecylon balakrishnanii Lakshmin. & S.P.Mathew; Novon 3(1): 58 (1993), nom. nov.
Distribution: Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl.)
41 AND
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon collinum N.P.Balakr. & N.C.Nair; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 2424(1-4): 30 (1982 publ. 1983)
species :
Memecylon basilanense Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 217 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Basilan)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon batekeanum R.D.Stone & G.M.Walters; Novon 16(2): 277 (2006)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Memecylon bernierii Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1156 (1891)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon betamponense R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 198 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon bezavonense (Jacq.-Fél.) R.D.Stone; Candollea 66(2): 402 (2011)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon eglandulosum var. bezavonense Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 10 (1985)
species :
Memecylon biokoense R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 37(1): 52 (2015)
Distribution: Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]
23 BIO
species :
Memecylon boinense H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 220 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon bokorensis Tagane; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 66(2): 121 (2015)
Distribution: Cambodia
41 CBD
species :
Memecylon borneense Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 213, in obs. (1913)
Distribution: Borneo; Brunei
42 BOR BRN
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon lanceolatum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1157 (1891)
species :
Memecylon brachybotrys Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 216 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon bracteatum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 17 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon bracteolatum Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 341 (1943)
Distribution: Moluccas (Seram)
42 MOL
species :
Memecylon brahense Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 430 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon breteleranum Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 420 (1979)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon). Only known from the type collected in 1962
species :
Memecylon bullatum R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 198 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon buxifolium Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 363 (1849-51)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon dumosum Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 270 (1852)
species :
Memecylon buxoides Wickens; Kew Bull. 29(1): 151 (1974)
Distribution: E-Kenya
25 KEN
Conservation Status: probably extinct, last collected in 1942
species :
Memecylon caeruleum Jack; Malayan Misc. 1(5): 26 (1820)
Distribution: Seychelles [I]; China (S-Yunnan); SE-Tibet; Andaman Isl. (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (Mon, Taninthayi); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Perlis, Kedah, Penang, Terengganu, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Melaka, Johor); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Brunei; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; ?Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas
29 sey 36 CHI TIB 41 AND CBD LAO MYA NCB VIE 42 BOR BRN JAW MLY MOL PHI SNG SUL SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon caeruleum var. floribundum (Blume) Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 81 (1877)
= Memecylon cordatum Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 4100 (1831)
= Memecylon cyanocarpum C.Y.Wu ex C.Chen; Fl. Yunnan. 2: 134, t. 32, f. 6-9 (1979), nom. illeg.
= Memecylon diversifolium C.Presl; Epimel. Bot. 208 (1851)
= Memecylon floribundum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 361 (1851)
= Memecylon laurifolium Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 277 (1852)
= Memecylon lutescens C.Presl; Epimel. Bot. 208 (1851)
= Memecylon manillanum Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 276 (1852)
= Memecylon tinctorium Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1094 (1827), non J. Koenig ex Willd. (1799)
variant :
var. pulchrum (Kurz) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 559 (1879)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.
41 AND
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon pulchrum Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(4): 307 (1872)
species :
Memecylon calcicola Candollea 78(2): 201 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon calderense A.Gray; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 574, t. 71 (1854)
Distribution: Philippines (Negros, Mindanao, Basilan)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon calophyllum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 42 (1898)
Distribution: SW-Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; ?Gabon
23 CMN EQG
species :
Memecylon calyptratum K.Bremer; Opera Bot. 69: 16 (1983)
Distribution: Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan)
42 BOR
species :
Memecylon campanulatum C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 563 (1879)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Terengganu, Pahang, Selangor, Melaka, Johor); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo
42 BOR MLY SNG SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon cephalanthum Ridl.; Kew Bull. [1]: 39 (1946)
= Memecylon multiflorum Bakh.f; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 343 (1943)
species :
Memecylon candidum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 43 (1898)
Distribution: SE-Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon
22 NGA 23 CMN GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon bipindense Gilg ex A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 29: 59 (1955)
= Memecylon rauschianum Gilg & Ledermann ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 766, in obs. (1921)
species :
Memecylon cantleyi Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 79: 72 (1918)
Distribution: Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Singapore; Sumatra (incl. Simeulue Isl.); Borneo
41 THA 42 BOR MLY SNG SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon dissitum Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930: 325 (1930)
= Memecylon steenisii Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 355 (1943)
species :
Memecylon capitellatum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 349 (1753)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon capitellatum var. salicifolium Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 354 (1851)
= Memecylon edule var. capitellata (L.) Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 564 (1879)
= Memecylon edule var. laeta C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 564 (1879)
= Memecylon umbellatum var. capitellata (C.B.Clarke) T.Cooke; Fl. Bombay 1: 536 (1958) (repr. ed.)
= Memecylon walkeri Hook. ex C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 564 (1879)
species :
Memecylon capuronii Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 411 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon cardiophyllum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1171 (1891)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon caudatum Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930: 324 (1930)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Memecylon celebicum Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 341 (1943)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Memecylon centrale (Jacq.-Fél.) R.D.Stone; Candollea 66(2): 402 (2011)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon pedunculatum var. centrale Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 451 (1984 publ. 1985)
species :
Memecylon ceramense Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 361 (1943)
Distribution: Moluccas (Seram)
42 MOL
species :
Memecylon cerasiforme Kurz; Forest Fl. Burma 1: 516 (1877)
Distribution: India (West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar
40 BAN IND 41 MYA
species :
Memecylon chevalieri Guillaumin; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 7, et Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 2: 936 (1921)
Distribution: Cambodia; S-Vietnam
41 CBD VIE
species :
Memecylon cinereum King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69: 82 (1900)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Kelantan, Terengganu, Perak, Pahang, Selangor); +Singapore
42 MLY SNG
species :
Memecylon clarkeanum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1141 (1891)
Distribution: India (Kerala); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon heyneanum var. latifolium C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 560 (1879)
species :
Memecylon clavistaminum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 441 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon cogniauxii Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 44 (1898)
Distribution: E-Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Memecylon collinum Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 420 (1979)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Memecylon complanatum R.D.Stone; Candollea 75(2): 220 (2020)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon confertiflorum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1151 (1891)
Distribution: Vietnam; Borneo; Brunei
41 VIE 42 BOR BRN
species :
Memecylon confusum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 362 (1851)
Distribution: La Réunion
29 REU
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon ligustrinum Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 271 (1852)
= Memecylon rhamnoideum Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 271 (1852)
species :
Memecylon conjugens R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(1): 84 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon conocarpum K.Schum. & Lauterb.; Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 482 (1900)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Memecylon constrictum Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930: 324 (1930)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Memecylon convergens R.D.Stone; Candollea 75(2): 223 (2020)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon coorgensis Shrotri, Thackeray & N.V.Page; Edinburgh J. Bot. 82-2062: 2 (2025)
Distribution: India (Karnataka)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon cordatum Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 4: 89 (1792)
Distribution: Mauritius; La Réunion
29 MAU REU
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon cordatum var. brevipes DC.
= Memecylon cordatum var. pedunculosum DC.; (1828)
= Memecylon cordatum var. subrotundum Blume
= Memecylon latifolium Bojer; Hortus Maurit. 133 (1837)
species :
Memecylon cordifolium Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 221 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon corticosum Ridl.; J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 10: 92 (1920)
Distribution: peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Johor); Singapore; Borneo
41 THA 42 BOR MLY SNG
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon sphaerothyrsum O.Schwartz; Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7: 257 (1931)
variant :
var. kratense (Craib) Wijedasa; Phytotaxa 66: 8 (2012)
Distribution: Myanmar (Mergui); S-Thailand; Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia (Terengganu)
41 CBD MYA THA 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon kratense Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930: 326 (1930)
variant :
var. parvifolium Wijedasa; Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 51(2): 93 (2023)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Memecylon corymbiforme H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 198 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon cotinifolioides (H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 14 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Eugenia cotinifolioides Perr.; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Veg. 4(2): 185 (1952)
species :
Memecylon coursianum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 32 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon crassifolium Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 365 (1943)
Distribution: ?Sumatra; Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Memecylon crassinerve Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 363 (1849-51)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon grandifolium Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 266 (1852)
species :
Memecylon crassipetiolum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 26 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon cumingii Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 273 (1852) (´cummingii´)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Catanduanes)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon preslianum Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 157 (1871 publ. 1872)
species :
Memecylon cuneatum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 112 (1859)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon edule var. cuneatum (Thwaites) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 564 (1879)
species :
Memecylon dalleizettei H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 110 (1947)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon dallmannense Ohwi; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 57: 19 (1943)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Memecylon dasyanthum Gilg & Ledermann ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 768 (1921)
Distribution: Cameroon; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN ZAI
Conservation Status: IUCN NT (Cameroon)
species :
Memecylon delphinense H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 112 (1945)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon deminutum Brenan; Kew Bull. [2]: 91 (1946)
Distribution: NE-Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Memecylon densiflorum Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 3: 248 (1908)
Distribution: Palawan; Philippines (Luzon, Polillo, Mindoro, Leyte, Mindanao)
42 PHI PLW
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon palawanense Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 4: 1197 (1911)
species :
Memecylon dichotomum C.B.Clarke ex King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69: 75 (1900)
Distribution: peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Singapore
41 THA 42 MLY SNG
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon dichotomum var. eugeniiflorum (Ridl.) Ridl.; Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 812 (1922)
= Memecylon elegans var. dichotomum C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 554 (1879)
= Memecylon eugeniiflorum Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 57: 48 (1911)
= Memecylon ridleyi Cogn. ex Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 30: 85 (1897)
variant :
var. rotundatum (Craib) J.F.Maxwell; Gard. Bull. Singapore 33: 71 (1980)
Distribution: peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Perak)
41 THA 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon curtisii Burkill & M.R.Hend.; Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 2: 377 (1925)
= Memecylon gracilipes Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 79: 72 (1918), non C. B. Rob. (1911)
= Memecylon gracilipes var. rotundatum Craib; Fl. Siam 1: 708 (1931)
= Memecylon perakense Merr.; Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 8: 132 (1935)
species :
Memecylon diluviorum Exell; J. Bot. 67: Suppl. 1, 186 (1929)
Distribution: Gabon; W-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Angola
23 GAB ZAI 26 ANG
species :
Memecylon dipterum R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 202 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon discolor Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1149 (1891)
Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon heyneanum var. angustifolium C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 560 (1879)
species :
Memecylon dolichophyllum Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 266 (1852)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon draconopterum R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(1): 86 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon drymophilum R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 205 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon dubium Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 420 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon durum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 2152 (1891)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Johor); +Singapore; Borneo (incl. Natuna Isl.); Brunei
42 BOR BRN MLY SNG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon globosum Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 355 (1943)
species :
Memecylon ebo R.D.Stone & Cheek; Kew Bull. 79: 870 (2024)
Distribution: Cameroon (Littoral)
23 CMN
species :
Memecylon edule Roxb.; Pl. Coromandel 1: 59, t. 82 (1795)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Pudueherry, Tamil Nadu, Tripura); Andaman Isl.; Nicobar Isl.; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Brunei
40 BAN IND SRL 41 AND CBD LAO NCB THA VIE 42 BOR BRN MLY SNG SUM
Conservation Status: endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon globiferum Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 4108 (1831), nomen
= Memecylon malabaricum Kostel.; Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1517 (1835)
= Memecylon pyrifolium Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 277 (1852), non C. Presl 1851
variant :
var. brevipes Craib; Fl. Siam 1: 706 (1931)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
variant :
var. orientale Craib; Fl. Siam 1: 706 (1931)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
variant :
var. petiolatum (Trimen ex Alston) M.Das Das, G.S.Giri, A.Pramanik & D.Maity; Feddes Repert. 129(1): 52 (2018)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon petiolatum Trimen ex Alston; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: Suppl., 126 (1931)
species :
Memecylon eduliforme A.DC.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 575 (1908)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon eduliforme var. tampinense H.Perrier; Fl. Madagasc. 153: 278 (1951)
= Memecylon matitanense H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 206 (1932)
= Memecylon pseudoangulatum H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 204 (1932)
species :
Memecylon eglandulosum H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 208 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
variant :
var. bezavoense Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia 7(1): 10 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon elaeagni Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 356 (1851)
Distribution: Seychelles
29 SEY
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon pervilleanum Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 272 (1852)
species :
Memecylon elegans Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 41(2): 307 (1872)
Distribution: India (Assam); Andaman Isl. (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Myanmar (Kayin, Mon, Taninthayi)
40 IND 41 AND MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon candolleanum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1144 (1891)
= Memecylon elegans var. minor King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69(1): 84 (1900)
= Memecylon ovatum var. minor (King) M.Das Das, G.S.Giri, A.Pramanik & D.Maity; J. Bot. Soc. Bengal 74(2): 41 (2020)
species :
Memecylon ellipticum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 112 (1859)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Memecylon elliptifolium Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 13: 314 (1918)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon elongatum Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 219 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon emancipatum R.D.Stone; Phytotaxa 183(4): 266 (2014)
Distribution: Liberia
22 LBR
species :
Memecylon englerianum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1195 (1891)
Distribution: Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; S-Nigeria; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 GUI IVO LBR NGA 23 CMN CON
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon adamii Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 15: 992 (1953)
= Memecylon engleranum var. occidentale Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18: 431 (1979)
= Memecylon griseoviolaceum Gilg & Ledermann ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 766 (1921)
= Memecylon nigrescens Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 338 (1886), non Hook. & Arn. (1833)
= Memecylon obanense Baker f. [Cat.Pl.Oban; Rendle et al.] 37 (1913)
species :
Memecylon erythranthum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 45 (1898)
Distribution: E-Tanzania; E-Zimbabwe
25 TAN 26 ZIM
species :
Memecylon excelsum Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1094 (1827)
Distribution: Nicobar Isl. (Central Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (widespread); peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Java; Moluccas; New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
41 MYA NCB THA 42 BOR JAW MLY MOL NWG SNG SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon elmeri Merr.; Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 15: 230 (1929)
= Memecylon heteropleurum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 362 (1851)
= Memecylon kurzii King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69: 77 (1900)
= Memecylon maingayi C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 557 (1879)
= Memecylon subtrinervium Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 322 (1861)
= Memecylon subtrinervium var. grandifolium Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 45: 131 (1876)
species :
Memecylon faucherei Danguy; Compt. Rend. Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci., Assoc. Sci. France, Sess. 45: 544 (1921 publ. 1922)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon fernandesiorum Jacq.-Fél.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 53(2): 1074 (1981)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon fianarantse Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 442 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon fissuricola R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(1): 88 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon flavescens Gamble; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 226 (1919)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon flavovirens Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1897: 268 (1897)
Distribution: S-Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi
25 TAN 26 ANG MLW ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon cyanocarpum Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 366 (1901)
= Memecylon gossweileri Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 769 (1921)
species :
Memecylon floridum Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 79: 73 (1918)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Kelantan, Terengganu, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan); Singapore; Borneo; Brunei
42 BOR BRN MLY SNG
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
species :
Memecylon florosum R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 207 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon fodinae R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 209 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon fofifa R.D.Stone; Candollea 75(2): 225 (2020)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon fragrans A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 34: 87 (1960)
Distribution: SE-Kenya
25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Lijndenia fragrans (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) Borhidi; Opera Bot. 121: 151 (1993)
species :
Memecylon fruticosum King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69: 74 (1900)
Distribution: Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Terengganu, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo (incl. Natuna Isl.); Java; New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
41 LAO THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY NWG SNG SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon depokkense Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 339 (1943)
= Memecylon epiphyticum King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69: 74 (1900)
= Memecylon tenuifolium Ridl.; Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 812 (1922)
species :
Memecylon fugax R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 37(1): 56 (2015)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Memecylon fuscescens Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 111 (1859)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Memecylon fusiforme R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 211 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon futilifolium R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 213 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon galeatum H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 197 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon garcinioides Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 358 (1851)
Distribution: Nicobar Isl. (South Nicobar Isl.); peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Brunei; Java; New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
41 NCB THA 42 BOR BRN JAW MLY NWG SNG SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon garcinioides var. elongatum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 358 (1851)
= Memecylon eurhynchum Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 322 (1861)
species :
Memecylon geddesianum Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930: 325 (1930)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Memecylon geoffrayi Guillaumin; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 6 (1921), et Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 2: 929 (1921)
Distribution: Cambodia; N-Vietnam
41 CBD VIE
species :
Memecylon germainii A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 34: 85 (1960)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN CON GAB ZAI
species :
Memecylon gibbosum Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 364 (1943)
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
species :
Memecylon giganteum Alston; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: Suppl., 126 (1931)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Memecylon gitingense Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 4: 1195 (1911)
Distribution: Philippines (Sibuyan, Mindanao, Luzon, Mindoro, Biliran, Leyte)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon agusanense Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 8: 2760 (1915)
species :
Memecylon gracile Bedd.; Fl. Sylv. S. India 115 (1872)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon gracilipedicellatum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 434 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon gracilipes C.B.Rob.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 6: 353 (1911)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon gracillimum Alston; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: Suppl., 127 (1931)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Memecylon grande Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 4: 26 (1787)
Distribution: India (Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Bago, Mon, Taninthayi, Ayeyarwady); peninsular Malaysia; Java
40 BAN IND SRL 41 MYA 42 JAW MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon celastrinum Kurz; Forest Fl. Burma 1: 515 (1875), et Forest Fl. Burma 1: 515 (1877)
= Memecylon grande var. khasiana C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 558 (1879)
species :
Memecylon greenwayi Brenan; Kew Bull. [1]: 95 (1947)
Distribution: NE-Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Lijndenia greenwayi (Brenan) Borhidi; Opera Bot. 121: 151 (1993)
species :
Memecylon griffithianum Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 274 (1852)
Distribution: Myanmar (Taninthayi)
41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon grande var. khasianum C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 558 (1879)
= Memecylon griffithianum Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 82 (1877)
species :
Memecylon hainanense Merr. & Chun; Sunyatsenia 2(1): 44 (1934)
Distribution: China (Hainan, Yunnan); Myanmar
36 CHI 41 MYA
species :
Memecylon harmandii Guillaumin; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 7 (1921), et Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H.Lecomte et al.] 2: 933 (1921)
Distribution: Laos; Cambodia; C-Vietnam
41 CBD LAO VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon coacerviflorum H.L.Li; J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 121 (1945)
= Memecylon confertiflorum Merr.; J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 58 (1938), non Cogn. (1891)
species :
Memecylon helferi (C.B.Clarke) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1166 (1891)
Distribution: India (Kerala); Andaman Isl.; Myanmar (Taninthayi)
40 IND 41 AND MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon angustifolium var. helferi C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 563 (1879)
species :
Memecylon heyneanum Benth. ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 319 (1834)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon deccanense C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 560 (1879)
= Memecylon grande B.Heyne; [Numer. List [Wallich] no. 4102 (1831), non Retz. (1787)
= Memecylon heyneanum Benth.in Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 4102 (1831)
= Memecylon heyneanum Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 319 (1840) non Benth. ex Wight & Arn. 1834
= Memecylon jambosioides Wight; Ill. Ind. Bot. (Madras) 1: 215 (1840)
= Memecylon wightianum Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 158 (1871 publ. 1872), nom. superfl.
species :
Memecylon hookeri Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 113 (1859)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon hookeri var. exalatum Trimen; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 2: 212 (1894)
species :
Memecylon huillense A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 34: 86 (1960)
Distribution: S-Angola
26 ANG
species :
Memecylon hullettii King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69: 76 (1900)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Johor)
42 MLY
species :
Memecylon humbertii H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 196 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon hylandii Whiffin; Fl. Australia 18: 325, 255 (1990)
Distribution: Australia (NE-Queensland, Cape York peninsula)
50 AUS
species :
Memecylon hyleastrum R.D.Stone & Ghogue; Kew Bull. 63(2): 232 (2008)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon afzelii var. pedunculatum Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 428 (1979)
species :
Memecylon iantarense R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 215 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon idukkianum Nampy & Syam Radh; Kew Bull. 74(1)-6: 1 (2019)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon impressivenum R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 28(2): 348 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon inalatum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 433 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon incisilobum R.D.Stone & I.G.Mona; Phytotaxa 331(2): 152 (2017)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Memecylon infuscatum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 18 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon ingens R.D.Stone & D.Turk; Candollea 78(2): 215 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon insigne Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 139 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Memecylon insolitum R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(1): 90 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon insperatum A.C.Sm.; Pacific Sci. 25(4): 498 (1971)
Distribution: Fiji
60 FIJ
species :
Memecylon insulare A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 46: 65 (1972)
Distribution: S-Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Memecylon interjectum R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 28(2): 348 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon intermedium Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 358 (1851)
Distribution: Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl.); Myanmar; peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); +Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Java
41 AND MYA THA 42 BOR JAW MLY SNG SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon umbellatum Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1094 (1827), non Burm.f. (1768)
= Memecylon intermedium var. longipes Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 359 (1851)
species :
Memecylon isaloense Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 31 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon ivohibense Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 28 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon jadhavii K.N.Reddy, C.S.Reddy & V.S.Raju; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 28(1): 165 (2004), nom. inval.
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon khimao Wijedasa; Thai Forest Bull., Bot. 51(2): 92 (2023)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Memecylon klaineanum Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 422 (1979)
Distribution: Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CON EQG GAB
species :
Memecylon korupense R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 37(1): 54 (2015)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon)
species :
Memecylon kosiense R.D.Stone & I.G.Mona; Phytotaxa 418(3): 238 (2019)
Distribution: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
27 SAF
species :
Memecylon kunstleri King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69: 76 (1900)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Penang, Perak, Selangor)
42 MLY
species :
Memecylon kupeanum R.D.Stone, Ghogue & Cheek; Kew Bull. 63(2): 233 (2008)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Memecylon lanceolatum Blanco; Fl. Filip. [Blanco] 301 (1837)
Distribution: Taiwan; ?Myanmar; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Kedah); Sumatra; Borneo; Brunei; Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines (Luzon, Polillo, Mindoro, Panay, Negros, Leyte, Samar, Mindanao, Bohol)
38 TAI 41 VIE 42 BOR BRN MLY PHI PLW SUL SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon calleryanum Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 275 (1852)
= Memecylon clausiflorum Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 274 (1852)
= Memecylon cumingianum C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Ser. 5, 6: 209 (1851)
= Memecylon cumingianum var. calleryanum (Naudin) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7 (1891)
= Memecylon pyrifolium C.Presl; Epimel. Bot. 210 (1851)
species :
Memecylon lancifolium Ridl.; Fl. Malay Penins. 5: 311 (1925)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Kelantan, Terengganu); +Singapore
42 MLY SNG
species :
Memecylon langbianense Guillaumin; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 68: 6 (1921), et Lecomte, Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine,ii. 931 (1921)
Distribution: Thailand; Laos; Vietnam
41 LAO THA VIE
species :
Memecylon laruei Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 247 (1919)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
species :
Memecylon lateriflorum (G.Don) Bremek.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 196 (1934)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; S-Nigeria; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon applanatum Baker f. [Cat.Pl.Oban; Rendle et al.] 37 (1913)
= Memecylon donianum Planch. ex Benth.; Niger Fl. [W.J.Hooker] 357 (1849)
= Memecylon simii Stapf; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 99 (1905)
= Pavetta lateriflora G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 575 (1834)
species :
Memecylon laurentii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 5, 2: 332 (1908)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; ?Central African Republic; Cabinda
23 CAB CMN CON EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon mayumbense Exell; J. Bot. 67: Suppl. 1, 185 (1929)
species :
Memecylon laureolum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 447 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon lawsonii Gamble; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 226 (1919)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
variant :
var. pedicellata M.Das Das, Sujana, A.Pramanik & D.Maity; NeBIO 7(1): 1, figs. 1-2 (2016)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon kurichiarense Sivu, Aswathi & N.S.Pradeep; Int. J. Advanced Res. 3(10): 1086, fig. 1 (2015)
species :
Memecylon lemuricum R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 218 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon leptophyllum R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(2): 181 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon leucanthum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 110 (1859)
Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon edule var. leucantha (Thwaites) Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 564 (1879)
species :
Memecylon liberiae Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 768 (1921)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ghana
22 GHA GUI LBR SIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon aylmeri Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 1: 214 (1927), Hutch. & Dalziel in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 223 (1928)
species :
Memecylon ligustrifolium Champ. ex Benth.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 117 (1852)
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan); Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
variant :
var. monocarpum C.Chen; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(3): 67 (1984)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Memecylon lilacinum Zoll. & Moritzi; Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. [Zollinger] 9 (1846)
Distribution: S-India (Kerala); Andaman Isl.; Myanmar (Taninthayi); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (throughout); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Brunei; Philippines (Sibuyan, Bancalan, Mindanao); Java; New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
40 IND 41 AND CBD LAO MYA VIE 42 BOR BRN JAW MLY NWG PHI SNG SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon capitellatum Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1094 (1827), non L. (1753)
= Memecylon confine Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 357 (1851)
= Memecylon glomeratum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 356 (1851)
= Memecylon hepaticum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 357 (1851)
= Memecylon hepaticum var. lauterbachianum Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 141 (1925)
= Memecylon laevigatum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 358 (1851)
= Memecylon marginatum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 363 (1851)
= Memecylon myrsinoides Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 356 (1851)
= Memecylon myrsinoides var. lilacinum (Zoll. & Moritzi) King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69: 81 (1900)
= Memecylon myrtilli Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 357 (1851)
= Memecylon nigrescens Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 578 (1856), non Hook. & Arn. (1833)
= Memecylon pachyderme Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 4104 (1831)
= Memecylon pseudonigrescens Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 357 (1851)
= Memecylon pseudonigrescens var. hepaticum (Blume) Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 578 (1856)
= Memecylon vosmaerianum Scheff.; Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 31: 356 (1870)
species :
Memecylon linearifolium R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(1): 92 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon littorale Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci. 35: 6 (1928), nom. nov.
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon revolutum Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 226 (1913), non Thwaites (1859)
species :
Memecylon loheri Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 220 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon longicuspe Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 150 (1883)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon longifolium Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1150 (1891)
Distribution: Borneo; New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 BOR NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon havilandii Ridl.; Kew Bull. [1]: 40 (1946)
species :
Memecylon longipes R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(1): 94 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon longipedunculatum Tagane, V.S.Dang & Nuraliev; Phytotaxa 683(1): 2 (2025)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Memecylon longipetalum H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 205 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon longipetiolatum R.D.Stone; Candollea 75(2): 227 (2020)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon louvelianum H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 217 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon luchuenense C.Chen; Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 4(3): 67-68 (1984)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Memecylon lurerii Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 282 (1852)
Distribution: S-Vietnam
41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon loureiroi Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 156 (1871 publ. 1872), orth. var.
= Memecylon umbellatum (Lour.) Kostel.; Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1517 (1835), non Burm.f. (1768)
= Scutula umbellata Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 236 (1790)
species :
Memecylon lushingtonii Gamble; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 227 (1919)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon bremeri M.B.Viswan.; Nordic J. Bot. 21(3): 256 (2001)
= Memecylon courtallense Manickam, Murugan, Jothi & Sundaresan; Indian J. Forest. 30(1): 77 (2007)
= Memecylon kollimalayanum M.B.Viswan.; Nordic J. Bot. 21(3): 253 (2001)
= Memecylon mundanthuraianum M.B.Viswan. & Manik.; Nordic J. Bot. 21(3): 259 (2001)
species :
Memecylon macneillianum M.Das Das, G.S.Giri, A.Pramanik & D.Maity; Telopea 19: 186 (2016)
Distribution: Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.)
41 AND
species :
Memecylon macrocarpum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 110 (1859)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
species :
Memecylon macrodendron Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 740, 76 (1921)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
23 CMN CON GAB
species :
Memecylon macrophyllum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 111 (1859)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Memecylon madgolense Gamble; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 227 (1919)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon magnifoliatum A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 43: 305 (1969)
Distribution: E-Tanzania
25 TAN
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1961
species :
Memecylon majus R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(1): 96 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon malaccense (C.B.Clarke) Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 79: 73 (1918)
Distribution: +peninsular Malaysia (+Melaka)
42 MLY
Conservation Status: only known from two old collections
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon amabile var. malaccense C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 555 (1879)
species :
Memecylon mamfeanum (Jacq.-Fél.) R.D.Stone, Ghogue & Cheek; Kew Bull. 63(2): 231 (2008)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon afzelii var. mamfeanum Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 428 (1979)
species :
Memecylon mananjebense H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 211 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon mandrarense H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 109 (1945)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon mangiferoides Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 427 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon manickamii Murugan, Sundaresan & G.J.Jothi; Kew Bull. 55(4): 1001 (2000)
Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon marojejense R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 220 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon maxwellii Wijedasa; Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 62(1): 43, figs. 1-3 (2017)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Memecylon mayottense R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 28(2): 352 (2006)
Distribution: Comores (Mayotte)
29 COM
species :
Memecylon megacarpum Furtado; Gard. Bull. Singapore 20: 121 (1963)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Penang, Kelantan, Terengganu. Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor); Singapore; Borneo
42 BOR MLY SNG
Conservation Status: endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon pulchrum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1141 (1891)
species :
Memecylon megaspermum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 428 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon memoratum Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 416 (1979)
Distribution: Liberia; Ivory Coast
22 IVO LBR
species :
Memecylon merguicum (C.B.Clarke) King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69: 83 (1900)
Distribution: Myanmar
41 MYA
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon caeruleum var. griffithianum Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 81 (1877)
= Memecylon cordatum Griff.; Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 673 (1854), non Lam. (1792)
= Memecylon grande var. merguica C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 558 (1879)
species :
Memecylon minimifolium H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 211 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon minutiflorum Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 323 (1861)
Distribution: Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.); peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo
41 AND THA 42 BOR MLY SNG SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
species :
Memecylon minutifolium R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(2): 183 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon mocquerysii A.DC.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 1: 575 (1908)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon monchyanum Backer; Bekn. Fl. Java 4b: Fam. 100, 42 (1944), in clavi, sine descr. lat.
Distribution: Java
42 JAW
species :
Memecylon montis-gallicorum R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 223 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon mouririoides Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 412 (1979)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1924
species :
Memecylon multinode Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 28 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon myrianthum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 44 (1898)
Distribution: Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; N-Tanzania; Angola; Zambia
23 CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon claessensii De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 4: 426 (1914)
= Memecylon polyanthemos var. grandifolium Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1161 (1891)
species :
Memecylon myricoides Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 269 (1852)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon oblongifolium Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1168 (1891)
species :
Memecylon myrtiforme Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 270 (1852)
Distribution: Mauritius
29 MAU
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon myrtiforme Naudin ex Arènes; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 107 (1945), descr. ampl.
= Memecylon obovatum Néraud ex Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28(1): 156 (1872)
species :
Memecylon myrtilloides Markgr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1078 (1934)
Distribution: E-Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Memecylon natalense Markgr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 1078 (1934)
Name: Natal Rose-apple
Distribution: S-Malawi; N-Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal)
26 MLW MOZ 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon australe Gilg & Schltr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 94 (1907), non C. Moore (1893)
species :
Memecylon naviculiforme R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 223 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon nervosum Vadhyar, J.H.F.Benj. & Sujana; Edinburgh J. Bot. 77(3): 403 (2020)
Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon nigrescens Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 186 (1833)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Hainan); ?Vietnam
36 CHI
species :
Memecylon nodosum (Engl.) Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(1): 768 (1921)
Distribution: SW-Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
23 CMN EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Eugenia nodosa Engl.; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 290 (1899)
species :
Memecylon normandii Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 15: 995 (1953)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Cameroon
22 GHA GNB GUI IVO SIE 23 CMN
species :
Memecylon novoguineense Baker f.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 9: 57 (1916)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Memecylon nubigenum R.D.Stone & I.G.Mona; Phytotaxa 331(2): 158 (2017)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Memecylon oblanceolatum R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(2): 186 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon obscurinerve Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 12: 357 (1917)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon obtusifolium Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 225 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon occultum Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 412 (1979)
Distribution: Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Gabon
22 GUI IVO LBR 23 CMN GAB
species :
Memecylon ochroleucum Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 362 (1943)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
species :
Memecylon octocostatum Merr. & Chun; Sunyatsenia 2(3-4): 294, t. 66 (1935)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Hainan); Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
species :
Memecylon odoratum Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 4: 1196 (1911)
Distribution: Palawan
42 PLW
species :
Memecylon oleifolium Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 359 (1851)
Distribution: Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (North Nicobar Isl., South Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (Bago); peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Java
41 AND MYA NCB THA 42 BOR JAW MLY SNG SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon ambiguum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 359 (1851)
= Memecylon grande var. horsfieldii (Miq.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 558 (1879)
= Memecylon horsfieldii Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 572 (1856)
= Memecylon lampongum Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 321 (1861)
= Memecylon luteolum Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 323 (1861)
= Memecylon micranthum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 360 (1851)
variant :
var. laurinum (Blume) Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 357 (1943)
Distribution: Sumatra; Borneo
42 BOR SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon laurinum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 359 (1851)
species :
Memecylon oligophlebium Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 12: 357 (1917)
Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon orbiculare Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 112 (1859)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Memecylon oubangianum Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 418 (1979)
Distribution: SE-Cameroon; S-Central African Republic
23 CAF CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN VU (Cameroon)
species :
Memecylon ourantherum R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(1): 98 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon ovatifolium (Poir.) Wickens; Kew Bull. 31(1): 3 (1976)
Distribution: Mauritius
29 MAU
Synonyms: hidden
= Melaleuca bicolor Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 3: 624 (1814)
= Melaleuca ovatifolia Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 3: 624 (1814)
= Memecylon angulatum Rchb. ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 5 (1828)
= Memecylon angulosum G.Don; Gen. Hist. 654 (1832)
= Memecylon laxiflorum DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 6 (1828)
= Memecylon prunifolium Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 268 (1852)
= Memecylon ramiflorum Bojer; Hortus Maurit. 132 (1837), non Desr. in Lam. (1797)
= Memecylon sparsiflorum Bojer; Hortus Maurit. 132 (1837)
= Memecylon sphaerocarpum DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 6 (1828)
= Memecylon sphaerocarpum var. laxiflorum (DC.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1167 (1891)
= Memecylon tinctorium Sieber ex Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 362 (1851), non Koenig ex Willd.
species :
Memecylon ovatum Sm.; Cycl. [A.Rees] 23: n. 3 (1812)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal); Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl.; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Sumatra; Borneo; Palawan; Philippines (Batanes, Luzon, Mindanao); Moluccas (Halmaheira); New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
40 BAN IND SRL 41 AND CBD NCB THA VIE 42 BOR MLY MOL NWG PHI PLW SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon edule var. ovatum (Sm.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 564 (1879)
= Memecylon ferreum Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1095 (1826)
= Memecylon grande var. ovatum (Sm.) Trimen; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 2: 221 (1894)
= Memecylon laxiflorum Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 4472 (1831) ex Ridl., J. Straits Branc Roy. Asiat. Soc. 79: 74 (1918), non DC. (1828)
= Memecylon lucidum C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Ser. 5, 6: 209 (1851)
= Memecylon parviflorum Blanco; Fl. Filip. [Blanco] 300 (1837)
= Memecylon pierrei Hance; J. Bot. 15: 334 (1877)
= Memecylon prasinum Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 275 (1852), nom. illeg.
= Memecylon rhodophyllum Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 357 (1943)
= Memecylon violaceum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1152 (1891)
species :
Memecylon ovoideum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 112 (1859)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Memecylon pachaimalayanum Ram.Rajesh, M.B.Viswan. & Silamb.; Phytotaxa 496(1): 69 (2021)
Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon pachyphyllum Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 12: 358 (1917)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon pallidum Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 223 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Basilan)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon paniculatum Jack; Malayan Misc. 2: 62 (1822)
Distribution: Cambodia; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Singapore; Sumatra (Bangka Isl.); Borneo; Brunei; Sulawesi; Palawan; Philippines (Mindanao, Luzon, Polillo, Mindoro, Balabac, Negros, Leyte, Siargao, Mindanao); Java
41 CBD 42 BOR BRN JAW MLY PHI PLW SNG SUL SUM
Conservation Status: critically endangered (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Eugenia pterocaulis (Korth.) Miq.; Analect. Bot. 1: 18 (1850)
= Jambosa appendiculata Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 361 (1851)
= Jambosa pterocaulis Korth.; Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1: 200 (1848)
= Memecylon appendiculatum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 361 (1851)
= Memecylon appendiculatum var. nudum (Blume) Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 574 (1856)
= Memecylon caloneuron Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 321 (1861)
= Memecylon confine var. bunggang Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 357 (1851)
= Memecylon costatum Miq.; Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam 3: 29 (1850)
= Memecylon costatum var. ellipsoideum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 361 (1851)
= Memecylon costatum var. flabellatum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 361 (1851)
= Memecylon gigantifolium Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 8: 2762 (1915)
= Memecylon minahassae Koord.; Versl. Minahasa 633 (1898)
= Memecylon nudum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 361 (1851)
= Memecylon nudum var. ligustrinum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 361 (1851)
= Memecylon pterocaule (Korth.) Merr.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc., Spec. No., 454 (1921)
species :
Memecylon papuanum Merr. & L.M.Perry; J. Arnold Arbor. 24: 438 (1943)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Memecylon paradoxum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 437 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon paraxenum R.D.Stone; Candollea 75(2): 229 (2020)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon parvifolium Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 113 (1859)
Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon parvifolium var. thomsoni (Thwaites) Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 159 (1872)
= Memecylon thomsoni Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 416 (1859)
= Memecylon varians var. parvifolium (Thwaites) Trimen; J. Ceylon Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 9(1): 35 (1885)
species :
Memecylon pauciflorum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 356 (1851)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Hainan); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Myanmar (Taninthayi); Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Langkawi Isl., Penang, Perak, Selangor); +Singapore; New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Australia (N-Western Australia: Kimberley, Northern Territory, N-Queensland)
36 CHI 40 BAN 41 AND LAO MYA VIE 42 MLY NWG SNG 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon australe F.Muell. ex Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 159 (1871 publ. 1872)
= Memecylon capitellatum Span.; Linnaea 15: 203 (1841), non L. (1753)
= Memecylon pauciflorum var. pisocarpum Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 356 (1851)
= Memecylon pulchellum Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 61: 52 (1912)
= Memecylon umbellatum Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 3: 293 (1867), non Burm.f. (1768)
species :
Memecylon pedunculatum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 450 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon pendulum Chih C.Wang, Y.H.Tseng, Y.T.Chen & Kun C.Chang; Novon 21(2): 278 (2011)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
species :
Memecylon peracuminatum H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 214 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon perangustum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 434 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon perditum R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 28(2): 346 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon pergamentaceum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1151 (1891)
Distribution: Borneo
42 BOR
species :
Memecylon perplexum M.Hughes; Phytotaxa 66: 10 (2012)
Distribution: +peninsular Malaysia (+Pahang); Brunei
42 BRN MLY
species :
Memecylon perrieri Danguy; Compt. Rend. Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci., Assoc. Sci. France, Sess. 45: 545 (1921 publ. 1922)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon ankarense H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 221 (1932)
species :
Memecylon phanerophlebium Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 219 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Leyte)
42 PHI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Memecylon pileatum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 418 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon planifolium Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 12 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon plebejum Kurz; Prelim. Rep. Forest Pegu, App. A. p. 67:, App. B. 53 (1875)
Distribution: Bangladesh; Myanmar (Bago, Kachin, Kayin, Mandalay, Mon, Taninthayi); Thailand
40 BAN 41 MYA THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon plebejum var. ellipsoideum Craib; Fl. Siam 1: 712 (1931)
= Memecylon plebejum var. siamense Craib; Fl. Siam 1: 712 (1931)
= Memecylon plebejum var. symplocinum Craib; Fl. Siam 1: 712 (1931)
variant :
var. silhetense C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 561 (1879)
Distribution: India (Manipur)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon polyanthemos Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 463 (1871)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic
22 GUI IVO LBR SIE 23 CAF CON
species :
Memecylon polyanthum H.L.Li; J. Arnold Arbor. 25(1): 42 (1944)
Distribution: China (Yunnan)
36 CHI
species :
Memecylon ponmudianum Sivu, N.S.Pradeep & Pandur.; Phytotaxa 162(1): 44 (2014)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon potamicum R.D.Stone; Candollea 75(2): 232 (2020)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon procerum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 415 (1859)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Memecylon protrusum Bakh.f.; Blumea 5: 220 (1942)
Distribution: Moluccas (Morotai)
42 MOL
species :
Memecylon pseudogaleatum R.D.Stone; Candollea 75(2): 232 (2020)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon pseudomegacarpum M.Hughes; Eur. J. Taxon. 56: 3 (2013)
Distribution: peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Singapore
41 THA 42 MLY SNG
species :
Memecylon pseudomocquerysii R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 226 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon pseudomyrtiforme H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 108 (1945)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon pseudopulvinatum R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 229 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon pterocarpum H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 12: 110 (1945)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon pterocladum R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 28(2): 342 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon pteropus Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 224 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon pubescens (C.B.Clarke) King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 69: 74 (1900)
Distribution: peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); +Singapore; Borneo
41 THA 42 BOR MLY SNG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon grande var. pubescens C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 558 (1879)
species :
Memecylon pulvinatum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 431 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon purpurascens Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 422 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon pusilliflorum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1164 (1891)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Memecylon ramosii Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 432 (1919)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon ramosum Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 412 (1979)
Distribution: Liberia
22 LBR
species :
Memecylon reductum R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(2): 188 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon revolutum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 111 (1859)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Memecylon rheophyticum R.D.Stone, Ghogue & Cheek; Kew Bull. 63(2): 237 (2008)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN VU (Cameroon)
species :
Memecylon rhinophyllum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 110 (1859)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Memecylon rivulare K.Bremer; Opera Bot. 50: 18 (1979), nom. nov.
Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon angustifolium var. attenuatum C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 563 (1879)
species :
Memecylon roseum H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 216 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon rostratum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 111 (1859)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon elegantulum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 112 (1859)
species :
Memecylon rotundatum (Thwaites) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1164 (1891)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon varians var. rotundatum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 112 (1859)
species :
Memecylon rovumense R.D.Stone & I.G.Mona; Phytotaxa 331(2): 160 (2017)
Distribution: Tanzania; Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MOZ
species :
Memecylon royenii Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 360 (1851)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
species :
Memecylon rubiflorum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 422 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon ruptile K.Bremer; Opera Bot. 69: 28 (1983)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Pahang, Johor); Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah)
42 BOR MLY
species :
Memecylon sabulosum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 25 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon sahyadricum Sivu, Ratheesh & N.S.Pradeep; Int. J. Advanced Res. 2(3): 759 (2014)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon salicifolium Jacq.-Fél.; Fl. Gabon 25: 136 (1983)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon
23 CMN GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon nodosum var. stenophyllum Jacq.-Fél.; Fl. Cameroun 24: 153 (1983)
species :
Memecylon sambiranense H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 200 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon schraderbergense Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 141 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Memecylon schumannianum Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 139 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
variant :
var. acutifolium Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 140 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
variant :
var. lordbergiense Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 140 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Memecylon scolopacinum Ridl.; Kew Bull. [1]: 40 (1946)
Distribution: Borneo; Brunei
42 BOR BRN
species :
Memecylon scutellatum (Lour.) Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 186 (1833)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan); Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl.); Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 AND CBD LAO MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon edule var. scutellata (Lour.) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2(6): 564 (1879)
= Memecylon myrtifolium Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 4111 (1831)
= Memecylon obtusum Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 4110 (1831)
= Memecylon punctatum C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Ser. 5, 3: 497 (1845)
= Memecylon scutellatum (Lour.) A.Chev.; Cat. Pl. Jard. Bot. Saigon 26, 64 (1919)
= Memecylon scutellatum var. brevipedunculatum Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 81 (1877)
= Memecylon scutellatum var. subsessile Kurz; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 46: 81 (1877)
= Scutula scutellata Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 1: 235 (1790)
variant :
var. brevifolium (Craib) Wijedasa; Phytotaxa 66: 9 (2012)
Distribution: India (Assam); Andaman / Nicobar Isl.; Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Langkawi Isl., Kelantan, Selangor)
40 IND 41 THA 42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon pauciflorum var. brevifolium Craib; Fl. Siam 1: 712 (1931)
species :
Memecylon sejunctum R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 28(2): 340 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon semsei A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 43: 300 (1969)
Distribution: NE-Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Lijndenia semseii (A.Fern. & R.Fern.) Borhidi; Opera Bot. 121: 151 (1993)
species :
Memecylon sepicanum Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 141 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Memecylon sessile Benth. ex Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. [Wight & Arnott] 1: 320 (1834)
Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon amplexicaule var. malabaricum C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2 (1879)
= Memecylon cordatum Gardner ex Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 158 (1872), non Lam. (1792)
= Memecylon malabaricum (C.B.Clarke) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1148 (1891), non Kostel. (1835)
= Memecylon randeriana S.M.Almeida & M.R.Almeida; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 85(3): 521 (1988 publ. 1989), nom. nov.
= Memecylon sessile Benth.; [Numer. List [Wallich] no. 4112 (1831)
species :
Memecylon sessilifolium Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 5: 209 (1910)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon, Samar)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon simulans (Jacq.-Fél.) R.D.Stone & Ghogue; Kew Bull. 63(2): 233 (2008)
Distribution: SW-Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon arcuatomarginatum var. simulans Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 430 (1979)
species :
Memecylon sisparense Gamble; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 227 (1919)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon sitanum Jacq.-Fél.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 18(4): 422 (1979)
Distribution: Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; E-Central African Republic
23 CAF CON GAB
species :
Memecylon sivadasanii N.Mohanan, Ravi, Kiran Raj & Shaju; Nordic J. Bot. 21(5): 493 (2001 publ. 2002)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon sivagirianum S.Prabhu & Murugan; Indian J. Forest. 40(1): 69 (2017)
Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon sorsogonense Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 4: 1200 (1911)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon soutpansbergense R.D.Stone & I.G.Mona; Phytotaxa 418(3): 241 (2019)
Distribution: South Africa (Northern Prov.)
27 SAF
species :
Memecylon stenophyllum Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci. 14: 432 (1919)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon strumosum Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 267 (1852)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon subaridum R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 229 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon subcaudatum Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 222 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Camiguin de Mindanao)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon subchartaceum R.D.Stone; Candollea 75(2): 234 (2020)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon subcordatum (C.B.Clarke) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1164 (1891)
Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon amplexicaule var. cordatum Wight ex C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 559 (1879)
species :
Memecylon subcordifolium Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 348 (1943)
Distribution: Sumatra (Simeulue Isl.); Borneo
42 BOR SUM
species :
Memecylon subcuneatum H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 218 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon subfurfuraceum Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 213 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
variant :
var. depauperatum Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 214 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon subramanii A.N.Henry; J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 77(3): 492 (1980 publ. 1981)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon hookeri sensu A.N.Henry & Subr.; Bull. Bot. Surv. India 13: 165 (1973), non Thwaites (1859)
species :
Memecylon subsessile H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 214 (1932)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon subundulatum R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 232 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon sumatrense Bakh.f.; Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 91: 352 (1943)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
species :
Memecylon sylvaticum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 110 (1859)
Distribution: India (Kerala); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon laevigatum var. sylvaticum (Thwaites) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 561 (1879)
species :
Memecylon symplociforme Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 12: 359 (1917)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon talbotianum Brandis; Syst. List Trees Bombay, ed. 2: appendix (1902)
Distribution: India (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon tayabense Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 12: 359 (1917)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon teitense Wickens; Kew Bull. 29(1): 148 (1974)
Distribution: SE-Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Memecylon tenuipes Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 8: 211 (1913)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon terminale Dalzell; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 121 (1851)
Distribution: India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon amabile Bedd.; Fl. Sylv. S. India 115 (1872)
species :
Memecylon terminaliiflorum Elmer; Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 4: 1198 (1911)
Distribution: Palawan; Philippines (Negros)
42 PHI PLW
species :
Memecylon tetrapterum Cogn. ex Elliott; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 29: 18 (1893), et Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1194 (1891)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon thouarsianum Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 3, 18: 267 (1852)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon thouvenotii Danguy; Compt. Rend. Assoc. Franç. Avancem. Sci., Assoc. Sci. France, Sess. 45: 545 (1921 publ. 1922)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon tirunelvelicum Murugan, Manickam & Sundaresan; Novon 11(2): 197 (2001)
Distribution: India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon toamasinense Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1984(4): 444 (1984 publ. 1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon torrei A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot. 46: 63 (1972)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
Remarks: only known from the type collected in 1968
species :
Memecylon torricellense Lauterb.; Nachtr. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee [Schumann & Lauterbach] 329 (1905)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
variant :
var. coccineum Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 139 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
variant :
var. ledermannii Mansf.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 60: 139 (1925)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Memecylon travancorense Sivu, N.S.Pradeep, Pandur. & Ratheesh; Taiwania 63(2): 106 (2018)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon tricolor Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1930: 326 (1930)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
variant :
var. latifolium Craib; Fl. Siam 1: 715 (1931)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
variant :
var. longipes Craib; Fl. Siam 1: 714 (1931)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
species :
Memecylon triflorum R.D.Stone; Candollea 78(2): 234 (2023)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon trunciflorum R.D.Stone; Nordic J. Bot. 33(5): 514 (2015)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Memecylon tsaratananense (H.Perrier) Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 30 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon eglandulosum var. tsaratananense H.Perrier; Mém. Acad. Malgache 12: 209 (1932)
species :
Memecylon uapacoides Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 8 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon ulopterum DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 5 (1891)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
variant :
var. oblongifolium Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1171 (1891)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon ultramaficum R.D.Stone; Candollea 77(1): 100 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] 87 (1768)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Tripura); Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (Kayin, Rakhine, Taninthayi, Yangon, Mon); Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor); Java
40 IND SRL 41 AND CBD MYA NCB VIE 42 JAW MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon capitellatum B.Heyne ex Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 158 (1871 publ. 1872)
= Memecylon capitellatum var. tinctorium (J.Koenig ex Willd.) Blume; Mus. Bot. 1: 354 (1851)
= Memecylon edule var. contractum (Haines) D.M.Verma; Fl. Raipur, Durg & Rajnandgaon 148 (1985)
= Memecylon edule var. contractum Haines; Indian Forester 40: 270 (1914)
= Memecylon edule var. ramiflorum (Desr.) Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 158 (1872)
= Memecylon edule var. rubrocaeruleum (Thwaites) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 564 (1879)
= Memecylon molestum (C.B.Clarke) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1169 (1891)
= Memecylon ramiflorum Desr.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 4: 88 (1797)
= Memecylon rubrocaeruleum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 415 (1864)
= Memecylon tinctorium J.Koenig ex Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 2: 347 (1799)
= Memecylon umbellatum Gaertn.; Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 207 (1791)
= Memecylon umbellatum var. contractum (Haines) D.M.Verma; Fl. Raipur, Durg & Rajnandgaon 148 (1985)
= Memecylon umbellatum var. rubrocaeruleum (Thwaites) Trimen; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 2: 217 (1894)
variant :
var. molestum (C.B.Clarke) M.Das Das, D.Maity & A.Pramanik; J. Bot. Soc. Bengal 74(2): 41 (2020)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon edule var. molesta C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 564 (1879)
species :
Memecylon unguiculare R.D.Stone; Candollea 75(2): 236 (2020)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon urceolatum Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 7: 1156 (1891)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon edule var. thwaitesii C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 2: 564 (1879)
= Memecylon umbellatum var. thwaitesii (C.B.Clarke) Trimen; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 2: 217 (1894)
species :
Memecylon utericarpum Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 20 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon vaccinioides Jacq.-Fél.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 1985(1): 23 (1985)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon varians Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 112 (1859)
Distribution: India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon varians var. acuminatum Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 112 (1859)
species :
Memecylon venosum Merr.; Philipp. J. Sci., C 3: 154 (1908)
Distribution: Philippines (Mindanao)
42 PHI
species :
Memecylon verruculosum Brenan; Kew Bull. [2]: 92 (1946)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; E-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
species :
Memecylon virescens Hook.f.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2: 463 (1871)
Distribution: SW-Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Angola
23 CMN CON EQG GAB 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon hylophilum Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 42 (1898)
= Memecylon machairacme Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 42 (1898)
= Memecylon viridifolium Exell; J. Bot. 67: Suppl. 1, 185 (1929)
= Memecylon viridifolium Exell ex A.Fern. & R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., Ser. 2, 29: 64 (1955), descr. ampl.
species :
Memecylon viride Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 1: 214 (1927), Hutch. & Dalziel in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 223 (1928)
Distribution: Liberia; SE-Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 LBR NGA 23 CMN CON GAB
species :
Memecylon viswanathanii Ram.Rajesh, P.Sakth. & C.Rajasekar; Webbia 76(1): 72 (2021)
Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon vitiense A.Gray; U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 573 (1854)
Distribution: Vanuatu; Tonga (´Eua, Vava´u, Late Isl.); Fiji
60 FIJ TON VAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon harveyi Seem.; Fl. Vit. [Seemann] 85 (1866)
species :
Memecylon wallichii Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 79: 74 (1918)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Penang, Kelantan, Perak)
42 MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon longifolium Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 79: 72 (1918), non Cogn. (1891)
= Memecylon depressum Benth.; [Numer. List [Wallich] no. 4101 (1831), nom. inval.
species :
Memecylon wayanadense Ratheesh, Sivu & N.S.Pradeep; Edinburgh J. Bot. 69(3): 372 (2012)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Memecylon wightii Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 113 (1859)
Distribution: India (Dadra, Daman, Diu, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Nagarhaveli); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon depressum Benth. ex Triana; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 28: 158 (1871), nom. superfl.
= Memecylon wightii var. cylindricum Trimen; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 2: 213 (1894)
species :
Memecylon xiphophyllum R.D.Stone; Adansonia, Sér. 3, 28(2): 344 (2006)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Memecylon zenkeri Gilg; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 2: 43 (1898)
Distribution: SE-Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 NGA 23 CMN CON EQG GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Memecylon zenkeri var. parvifolium Baker f.; Cat. Pl. Oban [Rendle et al.] 38 (1913)
= Memecylon johnstonii Gilg ex Engl.; Veg. Erde [Engler & Drude] 9 (Pflanzenw. Afr.) 3(2): 766 (1921)
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