| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Rubiaceae |
| Synonym | Plectronia travancoria Bedd. |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Small trees up to 15 m tall.:Bark corky, deeply fissured, blaze yellowish-brown:Branchlets;Young branchlets slender, quadrangular, glabrous:Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, sometimes appears to be in clusters of 2 on stout arrested branchlets; stipules linear-subulate with broad base, to 0.4 cm long; petiole slender, 0.7-1.9 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 2-5 x 1.4-2.9 cm, elliptic or ovate, apex acuminate with blunt tip, base acute to attenuate, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous; midrib flat above or thinly raised; secondary nerves 4-6 pairs, slender, hairy domatia at axils; tertiary nerves reticulate, sometimes obscure:Flowers in axillary cymes, white; pedicel slender:Fruit is a Drupe, ellipsoid 0.5 cm long. |