Leaves
Broadly obovate, base tapering, obtuse to rounded apex, veins invisible; dark green, shiny above; young flush reddish.Trunk
Bark - gray, finely cracked; Wood - yellow, hard, heavy; twigs quadrangular.Flowers
White to pinkish red, few, small, nearly sessile.Fruits
Black berry, tipped with calyx.Ecology
Montane forest subcanopy.References
External links
* http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/ifn-77723 * http://cabdirect.org/abstracts/20093323585.html;jsessionid=72958E6E0398B3FD0CC334D82C23479D * http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/250989 parvifolium Endemic flora of Sri Lanka {{Melastomataceae-stub