Medinilla (English spelling)

Japanese: メジニラ（英語表記）Medinilla

Medinilla is an evergreen shrub or climbing woody plant of the genus Medinilla in the family Melastomataceae, with over 125 species found in Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. It is often epiphytic and branched. The leaves grow opposite each other on angular stems, are ovate-elliptical or oblong, somewhat hard, dark green and glossy, and have three clearly visible veins. The flowers are pink, have five petals, and grow in panicles that hang down from the ends of the branches. Medinilla magnifica Lindl. is native to the Philippines, and can grow to a height of over 1.5m, branching and spreading horizontally, with the entire plant becoming very bushy.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ノボタン科ノボタンカズラ属Medinillaの常緑低木やつる性木本で，アフリカ，東南アジアから太平洋諸島に125種あまりを産する。しばしば樹上に着生し，よく分枝して伸びる。葉は対生し，角ばった茎につき，卵状楕円形か長楕円形，やや硬質，濃緑色で光沢があり，3本の葉脈がはっきりあらわれる。花は桃色で，5枚の花弁を有し，枝端に下垂するように出る円錐花序につく。　メジニラ･マグニフィカM.magnifica Lindl.はフィリピン原産で，高さは1.5m以上となり，多数分枝し横へ広がり，株全体がよくしげる。

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