Sweet-Smelling Rondeletia
Rondeletia odorata
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Karnataka, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Sweet-Smelling Rondeletia
Identify Sweet-Smelling Rondeletia by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute.
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as West Bengal, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sweet-Smelling Rondeletia.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- HirsuterecordedCovered in coarse, stiff, bristly hairs.“The rough, leathery leaves are oppositely arranged and measure up to 5 centimeters long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sweet-Smelling Rondeletia itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sweet-Smelling Rondeletia itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- রনডেলেশিয়া
About Sweet-Smelling Rondeletia
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Sweet-smelling Rondeletia (Rondeletia odorata) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Karnataka, Rajasthan and 1 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Sweet-Smelling Rondeletia belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
Explore the Rubiaceae familySnap it. Know it.
Point your camera at Sweet-Smelling Rondeletia or any plant and SASYA identifies it instantly — on-device, offline, and private.
Common plant problems
If you are starting from symptoms instead of a diagnosis, use the plant disease symptom checker to narrow the cause before treating.
All plant problem & care guides