• Family : RUBIACEAE
  (Madder Or Coffee Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : RUBIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Galium asperifolium Wall.
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Shola forests
• Comments / notes : Along waysides in thickets.
• Key identification features : Herbacious climber. Stem 4-angular. Leaves whorled up to 6, apex mucronulate. Flowers axillary, solitary.
• Flower, Fruit : April-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district
• World Distribution : India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Thailand
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Galium asperifolium. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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