- Family : RUBIACEAE
- Family (As per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
- Species : Wendlandia thyrsoidea
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Wendlandia thyrsoidea (Roth) Steud.
- Collection Nos : CJS 13239, CJS 15975
- Key identification features : A large shrub or a small tree, upto 6 m tall. Leaves are decussate, rarely ternate, subcoriaceous, elliptic-obovate, acute-cuneate at base with an entire margin, acute, shortly acuminate at apex. Lateral nerves of about 10-12 pairs. Flowers are about 5-merous in terminal, dense panicle, pale-yellow to creamish-white. Capsule is loculicidal, 2-valved.
- Habit : Shrub
- Comments : Common in Western Ghats at higher elevations
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
- Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
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