Memecylon pauciflorum is a species of plants in the Melastomataceae family. It grows as a tree or shrub in northern Australia and tropical and subtropical Asia. An understorey species typically, it grows in a variety of communities. The possum Petropseudes dahli (rock-haunting possum) uses this species as one of their scent-marking sites. It is a host to a number of funguses. People in Australia and in Thailand use the plant in folk medicine, though no efficacy has been demonstrated.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Poor-flower tree being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Eugenia biflora
- Eugenia monticola
- Archirhodomyrtus beckleri
- Gossia gonoclada
- Myrciaria floribunda
- Mouriri guianensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Memecylon
- Species
- Memecylon pauciflorum
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