Medinilla cummingii

Medinilla cummingii
Medinilla cummingii in Bukidnon, Philippines
Medinilla cumingii in the Berlin Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Melastomataceae
Genus:Medinilla
Species: M. cummingii
Binomial name
Medinilla cummingii

Medinilla cummingii (chandelier tree), often spelled Medinilla cumingii, is a species of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to mossy forest of the Philippines at 700–1000 m altitude. It is a small shrub, 1–2 m in height, with ternate or quaternate leaves, and many-flowered, pendant panicles up to 25 cm long. Fruits are 5–7 mm in diameter, pink to purplish to bluish-black when ripe.

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