Memecylon Plebejum
''Memecylon plebejum'' is a tree or shrub species in the Melastomataceae family (biology), family. It grows in tropical Asia from Thailand to Myanmar, Assam (India) and Bangladesh. It favours slopes of hills and mountains, growing up to 1685m elevation, in the understorey of primary forests primarily. It hosts at least one fruit-fly and two parasitoid wasps. The wood is very hard to cut, making it difficult to use as firewood, but some people use it for agricultural tool handles. Description An evergreen tree or shrub that grows some 4.5 to 10m tall. Seed germination times are 16 to 44 days in both partial and deep shade. Taxonomy This species has been identified by molecular phylogenetics using nuclear ribosomal DNA as being in a Malesian/Southeast Asian/Chinese clade with ''Memecylon caeruleum'', ''Memecylon cantleyi'', ''Memecylon lilacinum'', ''Memecylon pauciflorum'' and ''Memecylon scutellatum''. Distribution The taxa is native to an area in tropical Asia, from Thailand t ...
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The Earth And Its Inhabitants (1890) (21099425916)
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when fol ...
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