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Taxonomy
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TAXON
Rubia cordifolia L.
FAMILY
Rubiaceae Juss.
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
GENUS
Rubia L.
SPECIES
cordifolia L. Syst. nat. ed. 12, 3(App.):229. 1768
Plant Description
A climbing undershrub. Branches slender, 4-gonous, pubescent. Leaves in whorls of 4, one pair of each whorl often larger and with longer petiole than the rest, ovate, acute, rounded or cordate at base, 5-7 nerved from the base. Petioles triangular with many sharp recurved prickles on the edges. Stipules bsent.Flowers in axillary and terminal panicled cymes, greenish-white. Bracts leaf-like, ovate. Fruit globose or didymous, smooth, shining, purplish-black when ripe. A common climber in evergreen forest areas.
*Description source: Flora of Savantwadi