Paper-Bhed / Cluster Flower Mille Grains
Oldenlandia herbacea
Also known as Wild Coriander
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- June-December
How to identify Paper-Bhed
Identify Paper-Bhed by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Paper-Bhed.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Oldenlandia herbacea
- Genus
- Oldenlandia
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Distribution
- Tropical and South Africa, Asia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Paper-Bhed 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 Paper-Bhed itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- पापेर भेद Paper-bhed
- Tamil
- நொந்நாநம் பல்லூ nonnanampullu
- Kannada
- ಉರ್ಕಿ Urki, Kaag purale
- Malayalam
- നൊന്നാനമ് പല്ലു Nonnanampullu, scanganam-pulli, നൊങ്ങണംപുല്ല്
About Paper-Bhed
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Cluster Flower Mille Grains (Oldenlandia herbacea) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and 7 other states. It grows in grasslands and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from June to December.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Paper-Bhed belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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