Creeping Dentella
Dentella repens
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dentella repens
- Genus
- Dentella
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- In low-lying areas, river banks and drying bed of tanks in clayey soil
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- South and Southeast Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Northern Australia, Polynesia
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Assam, Karnataka, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“It has dichotomous branches that root at the nodes, opposite subsessile leaves, and interpetiolar stipules.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Creeping Dentella itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- SolitaryrecordedA single flower borne alone, not in a cluster.“The small white funnel-shaped flowers are solitary, axillary, and often borne in V-shaped forks of branches, with a hairy calyx and a two-celled ovary.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Creeping Dentella itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Creeping Dentella
Creeping Dentella (Dentella repens) is a herb in the Rubiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra and 9 other states. It grows in in low-lying areas, river banks and drying bed of tanks in clayey soil. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Creeping Dentella belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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