Medinilla magnifica lindl.

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Description:
Scandent, epiphytic shrub, 1⎼2 m high. Branchlets quadrangular, compressed, distinctly winged, 1 cm in diameter, nodes setose. Leaves simple, opposite, sessile; lamina coriaceous, broadly elliptic to oblong, 30⎼45 x 14⎼18 cm, base obtuse to attenuate; 9-plinerved. Inflorescence terminal, pendulous, many-flowered, pink panicles, 27⎼40 cm long, fleshy; peduncles 10⎼18 cm long, secondary branches in whorls of 4; bracts pink, large and spreading, 6⎼10 x 4⎼5 cm wide long, reticulately veined, paired at proximal end, whorled at distal end, persistent. Flowers 5-merous; hypanthium campanulate, 7⎼8 x 3⎼4 mm, flared at the rim, denticulate; petals ovate, 15 x 8 mm, membranous; stamens equal. Fruits sub-globose, pink to red when ripe, 6⎼7 mm diameter, stalk 1 cm long.

References:
Fernando, E.S., V.B. Amoroso, D.N. Tandang, C.I. Banag, A.B. Lapis, W.S. Gruèzo, F.P. Coritico, F.A. Pollisco Jr., A.M. Palijon, M.D. Ching, F.P. Lansigan, C. Garcia-Francisco, N.M. Lita, A.M. Tagtag, & J.L. De Leon. 2021. Threatened Plants of the Philippines. 147p. Biodiversity Management Bureau, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Quezon City, Philippines. ISBN 978-621-96498-0-3.
Fernando, E.S., B.Y. Sun, M.H. Suh, H.Y. Kong, & K.S. Koh. 2004. Flowering Plants and Ferns of Mt Makiling. 368p. ASEAN-Korea Environmental Cooperation Unit, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. ISBN 89-955147-1-X 96480.
Madulid, D.A. 1995. A Pictorial Cyclopedia of Philippine Ornamental Plants. 388p. Bookmark, Inc., Makati, Philippines.
Pelser, P.B., J.F. Barcelona, & D.L. Nickrent (eds.). 2011 onwards. Co’s Digital Flora of the Philippines. http://www.philippineplants.org.
Regalado J.C. 1995. Revision of Philippine Medinilla (Melastomataceae). Blumea 40: 113–193.

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