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Family: RubiaceaeDistribution: Common in scrubs. limited to Peninsular India. and Sri Lanka.Armed shrubs, 2-3mts tall, spines 0.6-1cm long in axillary pairs. Leaves 2-5x 1-3cm; elliptic obovate, base cuneate, coriaceous, clustered or decussate. Flowers 1-2cm long white fragrant in umbel like axillary cymes.Calyx lobes 5, calyx tube ovoid; corolla lobes 5, twisted to the left in the bud, afterwards spreading, corolla tube has a ring of hairs within,Stamens 5, linear, ovary 2 celled ovules many, stigma fusiform. Fruit 4-6mm across, globose red. Earlier it is known as Randia malabarica Lam, The plant is planted as a hedge plant. fruits edible. Reference: Flra of Nellore district by B.Suryanarayana &A.S Rao, ENVIS, Flora of the presidecy of Madras. by J.S Gamble
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Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Coconut, Florida, United States
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Family: RubiaceaeDistribution: Peninsular India, Sri Lanka and Malayasia. Common in gregarious scrubs.1-2m tall shrubs. Leaves 8-12x3-5cm, elliptic oblong, acute, base truncate, glossy green, veins depressed; Flowers 6-8mm across, fragrant, white,3-chotomus corymbose terminal cymes ; bracteoles 2, calyx tube ovoid, with 5 lobes, corolla tube funnel shaped, lobes 5, spreading, twisted to left, stames 5 adnate to the mouth, filaments short, anthers linear, ovary 2 celled, style pubescent, stigma fusiform, grooved; berries 4-6mm across, globose, black with a crown of calyx.Photographed at Eastern ghats of Nellore district.
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Rondeletia odorata from Rubiaceae.
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Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States
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Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States
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Juno Beach, Florida, United States
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Te Miko, West Coast, New Zealand
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Saut Sabbat, Saint-Laurent du Maroni, French Guiana