FLORA OF VIETNAM
Plants of Yok Don NP and adjacent areas
Melastomataceae
Memecylon coeruleum s.l.

Vietnam, Dac Lac Prov., Buon Don Distr., Krong Na municipality, Yok Don national park, around point 13°04′13”N 107°37′57”E.

Open dry semi-deciduous Dipterocarpus forest and woodlands on thin ferralite gray to brown rocky soils at elevation about 200 m a.s.l.

Treelet or shrub 2-4 m tall. Flowers blue, fruits green. Locally common.

HLF 7397 27 March 2008 photo

Coll. N.T.Hiep, Averyanov L., P.K.Loc, N.T.Vinh, N.S.Khang, T.H.Thai, N.V.Trai
Grant from Henry Luce Foundation.