Medinilla cumingii, the chandelier tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to mossy forest in the Philippines at altitude. It is a small shrub, in height, with ternate or quaternate leaves, and many-flowered, pendant panicles up to long. Fruits are in diameter, pink to purplish to bluish-black when ripe.
Etymology 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.
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