Rubia wallichiana

Rubia wallichiana Decne., Mém. Couronnés Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles (4to) 12: 61 (1837) (syn: Rubia asperrima Decne.); . Himalaya to S. China: China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Nepal, West Himalaya as per POWO; . Similar to R.manjith but plants green throught; stems often more prickly with hooked prickles; leaves lanceolate to ovate, very variable in size, lower […]

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Rubia tibetica

Rubia tibetica Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 204 (1881) (syn: Rubia transalaica O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch.); . Afghanistan to W. China: Afghanistan, Kirgizstan, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, West Himalaya, Xinjiang as per POWO; . Common name: Tibetan Madder . Rubia tibetica fron Lahaul, HP: 3 images. Rubia tibetica captured from Sarchu, Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh by Krishan Lal.     . References: […]

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Rubia alata

Rubia alata Wall. (syn: Rubia cordifolia var. longifolia Hand.-Mazz.; Rubia lanceolata Hayata); China North-Central; China South-Central; China Southeast; Inner Mongolia; Nepal; Taiwan as per Catalogue of Life;  SK1909 12 May 2019 : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7)- around 650 kb each.  Location: Phulchoki, Lalitpur, Nepal Altitude: 2327 m. Date: 8 May 2019 Habit […]

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Rubia cordifolia ?- Kenya

Plant For ID : Kenya : 17OCT16 : AK-24 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Plant, possibly a climber, seen growing wild in the forest. Couldn’t get closer and the early morning light was low. Rubia species. I guess Rubia cordifolia L. !

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Rubia himalayensis

Rubia himalayensis Klotzsch, Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar 86 1862. ;        Rubiaceae Week_Rubia sp_RKC03_06022012:  Rubia sp. (cordifolia??)RubiaceaeLoc.: Dehradun, UttarakhandDate: August, 2010 Very nice pictures of a Rubiaceae plant.I am not sure about the ID though.The pictures are showing an important character of Family Rubiaceae………….Opposite leaves. I have read that often the plants have interpetiolar stipules […]

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Rubia sikkimensis

Rubia sikkimensis Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43(2): 188 1874. ;         Sikkim Rubia! : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1) Attached is Rubia sikkimensis (pl note the sessile leaves & compare with R. cordifolia) collected from Manipur.        Rubia sikkimensis from Arunachal Pradesh:  1 image. Pl find […]

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Rubia manjith

Rubia manjith Roxb. ex Fleming, Asiat. Res. 11: 177 1810. (Syn: Rubia cordifolia var. khasiana G.Watt; Rubia cordifolia var. munjista (Roxb.) Miq.; Rubia cordifolia f. tetramera Makino; Rubia munjista Roxb.); . Common name: Manjith • Bengali: manjit, manjistha, majith • Hindi: मंजीठ Manjith • Kannada: chitravalli, manjista • Malayalam: poont • Mizo: manjishtha, munjistha • […]

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Rubia cordifolia

Rubia cordifolia L., Syst. Nat. ed. 12 229 1767. (Syn: Dioscorea verticillata Lam.; Galium cordifolium (L.) Kuntze; Rubia clematifolia Reinw. ex Miq.; Rubia cordata Thunb.; Rubia cordifolia var. affinis Kurz …….; Rubia javana DC.; Rubia pratensis (Maxim.) Nakai; Rubia pubescens (Nakai) Nakai; Rubia purpurea Decne.; Rubia scandens Zoll. & Moritzi; Rubia secunda Moon); . ROO-bee-uh — Latin: ruber (red), referring […]

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