Oxyceros rugulosus ?

ID 03/02: 2 high res. images. Please identify this shrub from a sacred grove in Kozhikode in Kerala 5/2/24 Check with Ehretia I do not think so as per images at https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/27/ehretia/ Can it be some Premna species ? https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/25/premna/? It could be some Rubiaceae sp, maybe Psychotria. I do not think so as per images […]

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Oxyceros rugulosus

Oxyceros rugulosus (Thwaites) Tirveng., Nordic J. Bot. 3: 466 1983. (Syn: Aidia rugulosa (Thwaites) Swamin.; Griffithia rugulosa Thwaites; Randia rugulosa (Thwaites) Hook.f.; Randia rugulosa (Thwaites) Bedd.); . SW. & S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO; . ok-see-KER-os — Greek: oxys (sharp), keras (horn); referring to thorny habit … Dave’s Botanary rug-yoo-LOH-sus — finely wrinkled […]

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