Bingi Papadi / Asiatic Tarenna
Tarenna asiatica
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tarenna asiatica
- Genus
- Tarenna
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests, also in plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bingi Papadi 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 Bingi Papadi itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Bingi Papadi
- Tamil
- Tharani, Kottam, தெரணி
- Telugu
- Konda Papidi
- Kannada
- ತರಣಿ Tarani Kumngida, ಕಲ್ಗೊರವಿ Kalgorvi, ರಾಯಬೋರೆ Raayabore
- Malayalam
- Tharana, Pavattachedi, Kuppipoovu
- Marathi
- Patale, Kare
About Bingi Papadi
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Asiatic Tarenna (Tarenna asiatica) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and 5 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests, also in plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Bingi Papadi belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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