Medinilla
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Medinilla is a genus of about 193 species[1] of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae, native to tropical regions of the Old World from Africa (two species) east through Madagascar (about 70 species) and southern Asia to the western Pacific Ocean islands. The genus was named after J. de Medinilla, governor of the Mariana Islands in 1820.
They are evergreen shrubs or lianas. The leaves are opposite or whorled, or alternate in some species. The flowers are white or pink, produced in large panicles.
Selected species[edit]
There are approximately 418 species in this genus, including:
- Medinilla acuminata Philippines
- Medinilla arboricola China
- Medinilla assamica China
- Medinilla astronioides Philippines
- Medinilla banahaensis Elmer Philippines
- Medinilla beamanii Borneo
- Medinilla brevipendunculata Philippines
- Medinilla clemetis Philippines
- Medinilla congesta Philippines
- Medinilla cordata Philippines
- Medinilla cummingii Philippines
- Medinilla curtisii
- Medinilla dolichophylla Merr. Philippines
- Medinilla erythrophylla China, Nepal
- Medinilla fengii China
- Medinilla formosana Taiwan
- Medinilla fuligineo-glandulifera China
- Medinilla hainanensis China
- Medinilla halconensis Philippines
- Medinilla hayataiana Taiwan
- Medinilla himalayana China
- Medinilla involucrata Philippines
- Medinilla lanceata China
- Medinilla luchuenensis China
- Medinilla magnifica Philippines
- Medinilla malindangensis Philippines
- Medinilla merrillii Philippines
- Medinilla mindorensis Merr. Philippines
- Medinilla miniata Philippines
- Medinilla multiflora Philippines
- Medinilla mytiformis Philippines
- Medinilla nana China
- Medinilla petelotii China
- Medinilla pycnantha Quisumb. & Merr. Philippines
- Medinilla ramiflora Philippines
- Medinilla rubicunda China
- Medinilla scortechinii Philippines
- Medinilla sedifolia
- Medinilla septentrionalis China
- Medinilla speciosa Philippines
- Medinilla venosa Indonesia, Philippines
- Medinilla waterhousei Fiji "Tagimaucia"
- Medinilla yunnanensis China
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Medinilla magnifica is a species in the genus Medinilla native to the Philippines. This species of Medinilla is more commonly known as the Philippine Orchid, and it is an epiphyte. Various species and hybrids in this family are well known and popular with plant collectors with M. speciosa or the Showy Asian Grape plant being found almost identical.
The plant grows up to 3 m tall, with opposite, firm, leathery leaves, which grow to 20-30 cm long in an ovate shape with a short point. The flowers grow in panicles up to 50 cm long, with ovid pink brachts. The individual flowers are up to 25 mm in size, and are pink, red or violet. The fruits are violet, fleshy berries, about 1 cm wide.
In the Philippines, Medinilla magnifica grows in the forks of large trees. It is an epiphyte, which is a plant that grows on other trees but does not withdraw its food from those trees as parasites do. In the tropics, it is grown as a perennial. It is also a common house plant in cooler climes. King Boudewijn of Belgium was a big devotee of Medinilla. He grew them in the royal conservatories and they were depicted on the bank note of 10,000 Belgian francs.[1]
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