Rennellia speciosa (Wall. ex Kurz) Hook.f.

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Rubiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Gynochthodes wallichii (Kurz) Razafim. & B.Bremer; Morinda wallichii Kurz; Morinda speciosa Wall. ex Kurz; Rennellia speciosa (Wall. ex Kurz) Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rennellia wallichii (Kurz) I.M.Turner
  • Habit : Scrambling shrub or tree
  • Key identification features : Shrub or small tree, completely glabrous; Leaves oblong-lanceolate to oblong linear, acuminate at both ends, 3-5 inches, margin entire, thickly membranaceous, glabrous, pale beneath, petiole 2-12 lines long; Flowers collected in groups of 3 or 4, groups arranged into small heads, heads forms a terminal cyme, cyme strictly pedunculate, peduncle glabrous; Flowers small, white, calyx truncate, corolla glabrous, corolla tube about one-fourth inch long, lobes equal in length, oblong-linear, somewhat obtuse.
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : India, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Nicobar Islands, S. Myanmar to Malaya
  • Literature :
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume I. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rennellia speciosa
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Rennellia speciosa. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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