• Family : RUBIACEAE
  (COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
• Species : Dentella repens
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Dentella repens (L.) J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
• Key identification features : A slender prostrate herb with dichotomous branches, rooting at nodes. Leaves are opposite, subsessile, elliptic. Stipules are interpetiolar. Flowers are minute, white, sessile, solitary and axillary. Calyx is densely pilose. Corlla is funnel-shaped, ovary is 2-celled, with numerous axile ovules. Fruit is globose.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
• Comments : On plains to 350 m. In low-lying areas, river banks, drying bed of tanks etc in clayey soil.
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Distribution Locality : Hoganekkal Forest, Gingee R.F. (Dharmapuri district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Balukand R.F. (Ganjam district), Koraput district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Taiwan, Philippines, Northern Australia, Polynesia
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Dentella repens. Downloaded on 1 February 2025.

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