Bingi Papadi / Asiatic Tarenna
Tarenna asiatica
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Bingi Papadi
Identify Bingi Papadi 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: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bingi Papadi.
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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