Medinilla scortechinii G. King, Melastomataceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  Evaluate, score: 5 (Go to the risk assessment)

Habit:  shrub

Description:  "A shrub a few feet tall with rather stout warty stems, leaves thick, broadest at or just below the middle, tapering gradually to a long or short tip and slightly to the rounded or heartshaped base, from about 4 in. long and 1 3/4 in. wide to about 10 in. long and 4 in. wide, a pair of distinct side-veins rising from near the base of the midrib, leafstalk none; inflorescences from amongst the leaves, or from the bare stem below them, much branched and many-flowered, usually about 4-5 in. long, the whole inflorescence cherry-red, or peach, or salmon-colored, flowers about 1/2 in. long, petals 4, stamens 8, berry blue-black"  (Henderson, 1959; p. 136).

Habitat/ecology:  "Common on trees in the mountains, occasionally in the lowlands"  (Henderson, 1959; p. 136).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  Malaysia and the Philippines

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced cultivated	Imada, Clyde T./Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. (2011) Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Additional information:
Additional online information about Medinilla scortechinii is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Medinilla scortechinii as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Medinilla scortechinii may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Henderson, M. R. 1959. Malayan wild flowers: Dicotyledons. The Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 478 pp.

Imada, Clyde T./Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral R. 2011. Annotated Checklist of Cultivated Plants of Hawai‘i (online searchable database).