Memecylon afzelii
Melastomataceae
Habit
Tree
Fern
No
Predominant Habitat
Forest
Geographic Distribution
Liberia (likely to occur)
IUCN Red-List
Not assessed
Synonyms
-
Rank
-
Taxon
-
Literature
FWTA 1: 262; Fl. Cameroun: 139
Vouchers
-
Common Name(s)
Not Known
Notes
Shrub or small tree of coastal lagoons or gallery forests. Leaves simple, opposite, often swollen near the base; midrib canaliculate above; margin entire; 8 – 10 pairs of vague laterals. This species differs from M. accedens in having only the last internode being 4-sided, or not 4-sided at all, whereas M. accedens has distinctly 4-sided twigs.