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chandelier tree
Medinilla cumingii
Medinilla cumingii, the chandelier tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to mossy forest in the Philippines at 700–1,000 m (2,300–3,300 ft) altitude. It is a small shrub, 1–2 m (3.3–6.6 ft) in height, with ternate or quaternate leaves, and many-flowered, pendant panicles up to 25 cm (9.8 in) long. Fruits are 5–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) in diameter, pink to purplish to bluish-black when ripe.
From the article Medinilla cumingii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
Medinilla is named for José de Medinilla y Pineda, who was governor of the Mariana Islands in 1820. The species epithet cumingii was given for Hugh Cuming, a botanical collector.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 427150.