Canthium travancoricum
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
- Flowering
- March-August
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Canthium travancoricum itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Canthium travancoricum itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Canthium travancoricum
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Canthium travancoricum is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It grows in rocky areas of semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from March to August.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Canthium travancoricum belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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