Rubia manjith Roxb.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Rubia munjista Roxb.; Rubia cordifolia var. munjista
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rubia manjith Roxb.
  • Common name : Manjith
  • Vernacular name :
    • Manjit, Manjistha, Majith (Bengali)
    • Manjith (Hindi)
    • Chitravalli, Manjista (Kannada)
    • Poont (Malayalam)
    • Manjishtha, Munjistha (Mizo)
    • Manditta, Manjitti (Tamil)
    • Mandastic, Tamravalli (Telugu)
    • Majitho, Tiro Laharaa (Nepali)
  • Habit : Climbing herb
  • Habitat : Scrambling on rocks and shrubs at forest margins, along footpaths, hedgerows in subtropical and warm broad-leaved forest zones, 1150 - 2300 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : A valuable dye, manjith, is obtained from roots and stems. Roots used medicinally
  • Key identification features : A herbaceous climbing perennial, with 4-angled stem and branches with unequal stalked leaves in whorls of 4 and with usually reddish-brown flowers in small clusters aggregated together into a large branched cluster with small leafy bracts
  • Flower, Fruit : June-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Dehradun (Landour)
    • Sikkim : West Sikkim (Geyzing) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to North-West India and South Central China
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 146
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 824
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 176
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rubia manjith. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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