Geophila repens (L.) I.M.Johnst., Sargentia 8: 281 1949. (Syn: Carinta herbacea (Jacq.) W.Wight; Carinta repens (L.) L.B.Sm. & Downs; Carinta repens (L.) Bremek. ..; Carinta uniflora (Hiern) G.Taylor; Cephaelis diversifolia Blume; Cephaelis herbacea (Jacq.) Kurz; Cephaelis reniformis Kunth; Geocardia cordata (Miq.) Standl.; Geocardia herbacea (Jacq.) Standl.; Geocardia repens (L.) Bakh.f.; Geophila cordata Miq.; Geophila croatii Steyerm.; Geophila diversifolia (Blume) DC.; Geophila gracilis (Ruiz & Pav.) DC.; Geophila herbacea (Jacq.) K.Schum.; Geophila hydrocotyloides Zipp. ex Span.; Geophila reniformis (Kunth) Cham. & Schltdl. [Illegitimate]; Geophila reniformis D.Don …..; Geophila uniflora Hiern; Geophila uniflora Span. [Invalid]; Geophila violacea (Aubl.) DC.; Mapouria cordata (Miq.) Müll.Arg.; Mapouria herbacea (Jacq.) Müll.Arg. .; Psychotria gracilis Ruiz & Pav.; Psychotria herbacea Jacq.; Psychotria repens (L.) L.; Psychotria sylvana Pers.; Psychotria violacea Aubl.; Psychotrophum herbaceum (Jacq.) Crantz; Rondeletia repens L.; Uragoga gracilis (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze; Uragoga herbacea (Jacq.) Kuntze; Uragoga reniformis (Kunth) Baill.; Uragoga reniformis (D.Don) M.Gómez [Illegitimate]); Andaman Is.; Angola; Argentina Northeast; Assam; Bangladesh; Belize; Benin; Bismarck Archipelago; Bolivia; Borneo; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil South; Brazil Southeast; Brazil West-Central; Burkina; Cameroon; Caroline Is.; Central African Repu; Chad; China South-Central; China Southeast; Colombia; Comoros; Congo; Cook Is.; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Ethiopia; Fiji; French Guiana; Gabon; Ghana; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; Guyana; Hainan; Haiti; Honduras; India; Ivory Coast; Jamaica; Jawa; Kenya; KwaZulu-Natal; Leeward Is.; Lesser Sunda Is.; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaya; Mexico Southeast; Mexico Southwest; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; New Guinea; Nicaragua; Nicobar Is.; Nigeria; Niue; Panam; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Puerto Rico; Samoa; Santa Cruz Is.; Sierra Leone; Society Is.; Solomon Is.; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Suriname; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Tonga; Trinidad-Tobago; Uganda; Vanuatu; Venezuela; Vietnam; Wallis-Futuna Is.; Windward Is.; Zare; Zimbabwe as per CoL; . Malayalam: Karinkudungal; Karimutthil . Prostrate herbs; stem slender, stolon-like. Leaves 1.5-2.5 x 1-2 cm, orbicular or broadly ovate to reniform, apex rounded or retuse, chartaceous, basally 5-7-nerved; petiole to 5 cm long. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered umbels; peduncles to 4 cm long. Calyx tube short; lobes subulate, 3 mm long, persistent. Corolla 1-1.5 cm across, funnel-shaped, hairy within, white; lobes recurved, ovate-acute. Stamens 5, included. Ovary 2-locular; ovule 1-per locule. Berry c. 7 mm across, globose, scarlet. Seeds plano-convex. Flowering and fruiting: October-April Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves Pantropical (Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi .
ANDEC50 Please identify this herb : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) Geophila repens of Rubiaceae.
ANJUL06/06 Geophila repens Linn.f. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5) Family: Rubiaceae
Orange colour fruit with 2 seeds : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4) Location Rajnagar Kumarghat Unakoti district Tripura Please identify I think Geophila sp. Pl. check with images at Geophila repens To me appears close. . .
Geophila repens I agree with … I have seen this plant in Kerala.
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