Callicarpa candicans

Callicarpa candicans, or the malayan lilac, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family. It is native Indochina, southern China, Malesia, New Guinea, northern Australia, and Micronesia.^[2]

Malayan Lilac
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Callicarpa
Species:	C. candicans
Binomial name
Callicarpa candicans (Burm.f.) Hochr. (1934)
Synonyms[2]
Urtica candicans Burm.f. (1768)

Several infraspecific taxa are accepted:^[2]

• Callicarpa candicans var. candicans (Burm.f.) Hochr. – southeastern China, Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia
• Callicarpa candicans f. glabriuscula (H.J.Lam) Fosberg – western Caroline Islands
• Callicarpa candicans var. integrifolia (H.J.Lam) Fosberg – Caroline Islands
• Callicarpa candicans var. paucinervia (Merr.) Fosberg – Marianas (Chamorro: hamlag)
• Callicarpa candicans var. ponapensis Fosberg – Caroline Islands (Pohnpei)

Gallery

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  Callicarpa candicans (paucinervia variant) bush growing from sea-exposed limestone. Tamuning, Guam

See also

• List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands