Rubiaceae
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This document discusses 6 plants from the Rubiaceae family: 1. Manjishtha (Rubia cordifolia) 2. Madanphala (Randia spinosa/dumetorum) 3. Gandhprasarani (Paederia foetida) 4. Kadamba (Anthocephalus indicus/ amboina) 5. Haridru (Adina cordifolia/Haldina cordifolia) 6. Nadi hingu (Gardenia gummifera) It provides details on the botanical characteristics and images of the plants. The Rubiaceae family contains over 13,000 species of herbs, shrubs and
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![RUBIACEAE
1. Manjishtha- Rubia cordifolia
2. Madanphala- Randia spinosa/dumetorum
3. Gandhprasarani- Paederia foetida
4. Kadamba- Anthocephalus indicus/ amboina [Neolamarckia
cadamba, with English common names burflower-tree]
5. Haridru- Adina cordifolia/Haldina cordifolia
6. Nadi hingu- Gardenia gummifera](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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- 1. RUBIACEAE Dr.DeepakVerma BAMS MD DIP.Y&P Lecturer Dravyaguna DAC,jalandhar
- 2. RUBIACEAE 1. Manjishtha- Rubia cordifolia 2. Madanphala- Randia spinosa/dumetorum 3. Gandhprasarani- Paederia foetida 4. Kadamba- Anthocephalus indicus/ amboina [Neolamarckia cadamba, with English common names burflower-tree] 5. Haridru- Adina cordifolia/Haldina cordifolia 6. Nadi hingu- Gardenia gummifera
- 3. INTRODUCTION Members of the family have leaves opposite each other with stipules or in whorls, unbroken leaf margins, and leaf like appendages at the base of the leafstalks. The leaves usually are large and evergreen in tropical species, deciduous in temperate species, and needlelike or scale like in desert species. The plants may bear a single flower or many small flowers clustered together. The fruits can be berries, drupes, capsules, or schizocarps (dry fruits that split into segments of a single seed).
- 4. Rubiaceae, the madder family (order Gentianales) of flowering plants, consisting of 611 genera with more than 13,150 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees, distributed primarily in tropical areas of the world. Several species are of economic importance as sources of useful chemicals, and a number are cultivated as ornamentals.
- 5. Economically important products of the family Rubiaceae include quinine, which is derived from the bark of Cinchona species; coffee, from the seeds of Coffea species; ipecac, from the roots of Carapichea ipecacuanha; gambier, a substance that is used in tanning, from Uncaria gambir; and kratom (Mitragyna speciosa), which is used in traditional medicine and recreationally as a stimulant. Some trees in the family provide useful timber. Common madder (Rubia tinctorum) was formerly cultivated for the red dye obtained from its roots (alizarin); the roots of crosswort (Crucianella) contain a red dye once used in medicines.
- 6. Kadamba- Anthocephalus indicus/ amboina [Neolamarckia cadamba, with English common names burflower-tree]
- 7. Kadamba tree
- 9. Branching
- 10. RUBIA CORDIFOLIA
- 11. Drawing
- 12. Leaf and Stem
- 13. Flowering Stem
- 14. Ripening Fruit
- 16. Leaf and Branch
- 17. Fruit
- 18. Flower
- 19. A yellow natural resin exudes from the leaf buds
- 21. Flower
- 23. Leaf
- 24. Flower buds
- 27. Fruit and leaf
- 28. Flower
- 29. Seeds
- 30. Climbing Vine
- 32. Fruting branch
- 33. Foliage and Immature Fruit
- 34. Flower
- 35. THANXref. google search and sites