title: Memecylon parvifolium
text: # Memecylon parvifolium
  
  Memecylon parvifolium is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.
  
  ## Leaves
  
  Broadly obovate, base tapering, obtuse to rounded apex, veins invisible; dark green, shiny above; young flush reddish.
  
  ## Trunk
  
  Bark - gray, finely cracked; Wood - yellow, hard, heavy; twigs quadrangular.
  
  ## Flowers
  
  White to pinkish red, few, small, nearly sessile.
  
  ## Fruits
  
  Black berry, tipped with calyx.
  
  ## Ecology
  
  Montane forest subcanopy.
  
  