Canthium coromandelicum (Burm.f.) Alston Main specimen
Rubiaceae
{ Description | Leaf }

The leaves of Canthium coromandelicum grow opposite on the stem.
The leaf is simple. It is smooth and glabrous on both sides.
The leaves have a 3-5 mm long petiole with a pair of linear stipules at the axil.
The leaf of Canthium coromandelicum is 3-5 cm long and 2-3 cm wide. The blade is ovate-elliptic, the apex is obtuse, the base is obtuse-oblique and the margins are entire.
The venation of the leaf is reticulate with a prominent midrib.

Canthium coromandelicum branchlet
Canthium coromandelicum leaf (upper side)
Canthium coromandelicum leaf (lower side)
Canthium coromandelicum leaves and thorns
Canthium coromandelicum leaf (upper side)
Canthium coromandelicum leaf (lower side)
Canthium coromandelicum leaves
Canthium coromandelicum branchlet
Date of collection
09 Aug, 2015
Collected by
N.L.I.B.
GPS coordinates
11.99391 N - 79.82403 E
Locality
Pitchandikulam Forest, Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India