Tarenna helferi (Kurz) N.P.Balakr. ex S.C.Das & M.A.Rahman

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
    (Madder Or Coffee Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Rubiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ixora helferi Kurz; Webera helferi (Kurz) Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Tarenna helferi (Kurz) N.P.Balakr. ex S.C.Das & M.A.Rahman
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Large shrub or small tree; Branches slender, glabrous; Stipules triangular-lanceolate to ovate, apex acuminate, surface glabrous; Leaves simple, elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 12–40 × 3–6 cm, apex caudate-acuminate, base salver-shaped, texture membranous, surface glabrous, blackish when dry, lamina narrowed into short petiole; Inflorescence cymes inclined or drooping, peduncles long, slender, up to 15cm long, surface glabrate or pubescent, bracts linear-subulate, lower pair leafy; Flowers pentamerous, yellowish; Calyx teeth subulate, teeth shorter than calyx tube; Corolla puberulous, corolla tube up to 3cm long, tube slender, much longer than the lobes, lobes broadly oblong, throat glabrous; Stigma shortly exerted, slender, style fusiform, slender, ovules one in each locule; Fruit purplish-black colour, globose, pulpy.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-November
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Myanmar
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Myanmar
  • 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=Tarenna helferi
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Tarenna helferi. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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