Saprosma glomerata (Gardner) Bedd.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Saprosma glomerata
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Saprosma glomeratum (Gardner) Bedd.
  • Collection Nos : CJS 14577
  • Key identification features : A large shrub, parts usually foetid when crushed. Leaves subsessile, elliptic-ovate. Flowers small, terminal 1-3 together, 4 merous. Drupe globose, deep blue when ripe
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments : Common in the evergreen forests. Leaves and Flowers smell foetid when crushed, a characteristic feature of this Genus. Rare in the evergreen forest of Western Ghats
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Shimoga, Uttara Kannada, Udupi
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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