Family:
Rubiaceae
Synonym:
No
synonym
Habit:
Tree
Habitat:
Rocky areas in semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred
groves
Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
Flowering
and fruiting: March-August
Key identification features: Unarmed shrubs or small
trees with scandent branches. The leaves are simple, opposite. They are ovate, acute, and membranous. The cymes have many slender villous
branches. The flowers
are 4-merous.
The corolla
is white,
with a tube densely villous near the mouth and ovate, acute lobes. The fruit is flattened
and orbicular.
Uses: Various parts of the
plant are used for their anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
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