Hedyotis glabra R.Br. ex Wall.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Exallage glabra Bremek.; Hedyotis glabra R.Br. ex Wall.; Hedyotis insularis (Spreng.) Deb & Ratna Dutta; Knoxia glabra DC.; Oldenlandia glabra Kuntze; Spermacoce glabra Roxb.; Spermacoce insularis Spreng.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Exallage insularis (Spreng.) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Forests
  • Key identification features : Diffuse or subscandent shrubs, 50-100 cm long, glabrous or hispid along furrows; Leaves ovate-Ianceolate to linear-Ianceolate, subsessile, sparsely pubescent along nerves beneath; Flowers in axillary cymose panicles, white;Capsules globose, indehiscent.
  • Flower, Fruit : August- February
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri
    • Assam : Assam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Island, India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 605
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Hedyotis glabra. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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