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Melastoma malabathricum
senduduk
Madagascar, India to Australia. Common in open places, always flowering.
Species very variable. Gr., melas (black) stoma (mouth), from the
berries blackening the tongue. |
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Memecylon coeruleum
nipis kulit
300 spp. Old World tropics, 35 spp. in Malaya. Small flowers clustered
in leaf axils, blue <1cm, stamens deep blue. Calyx cup bright pink,
fruit oblong pink then deep purple. |
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Memecylon edule
nipis kulit
India, Siam, Malaya, Sumatra, Java. Common on rocky shores. Smaller
leaf blade than M. coeruleum. Tiny blue flowers, fruits pulpy when
ripe, go from green to black, never red or purple. |
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