Meteoromyrtus wynaadensis (Bedd.) Gamble

Type
Indigenous
Family
Myrtaceae
Synonym
Eugenia wynaadensis Bedd.
Habit
Small sized tree
Botanical Features

Trees, young parts and inflorescence fulvous. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 2-5 mm long, slender, grooved above, tomentose; lamina 4-8 x 1.5-2.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, base acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, recurved, glabrous when mature, membranous; lateral nerves many, slender, parallel, close, faint, looped at the margin forming intramarginal nerve, flowers white, small in size.