Family :
Flora of Nilgiri Biosphere (Northern Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve)
Rubiaceae
Leaf arrangement
Opposite decussate
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Oblanceolate, Oblong
Leaf Apex
Acute
Leaf Base
Truncate
Leaf Margin
Entire
Habit : A large evergreen shrub.
Habitat and Distribution : Very common, less in the scrub jungles. Hills to 1400m, Sri Lanka Peninsular India and Malaysia.
Indigenous Information : The fruits are eaten by crows. The wood is used as fuel wood. The wood is strong and used as a crobar.
Field Tips : Leaves dark glossy green, drying black.
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Names:
Irula : Tharani
Tamil : Kura, Tharani
Flower:
In terminal corymbose cymes, cream, fragrant. Flowering from December-April.Fruit :
A berry, globose with a crown of calyx lobes, dark blue when ripe. Fruiting throughout the year.
