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Memecylon edule

Synonyms: Memecylon globiferum; Memecylon malabaricum (heterotypic); Memecylon pyrifolium (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Memecylon edule is a small evergreen tree native to India, especially the Deccan Plateau, including most of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and parts of Tamil Nadu and dry parts of Sri Lanka. Common names include kaayam, delek bangas, delek air, miat, and nemaaru and in Sri Lanka it is known as "Kora kaha" in sinhala language. The leaves are thick and leathery. They contain glucosides, resins, colouring pigments, gums, starches, and malic acid. They are rich in aluminum. Yellow color dye can be extracted. Leaves and roots are used as a medicine for dysentery and as an astringent.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Specific Gravity [1]  0.675

Predators

Aonidia crenulata[2]
Comostola laesaria[2]
Eublemma versicolor[2]
Oenospila flavifusata[2]
Orgyia osseata[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0