Looks more like Ixora leucantha which is found in such dry areas and low elevation scrub forests. Tarrena asiatica is a high elevation plant of the evergreen forests.
navendu On Aug 30, 10:44 pm, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Tarenna asiatica indeed Vijaya ji > tanay > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Yes Muthu, it is Tarenna asiatica. > > > With regards > > > Vijayasankar > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Dear all, > >> please help to identify this Rubiaceae shrub. Could this be *Tarenna > >> asiatica*? or any other species? > > >> *Date/Time-* > > >> 26-08-2010 / 01:00 PM > > >> *Location- Place, Altitude, GP* > > >> Moyar valleyt; ca. 300msl; TN > > >> *Habitat-** Garden**/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-* > > >> barren hillock; wild > > >> *Plant Habit-* > > >> shrub > > >> *Height/Length-* > > >> Up to 2.5 metre > > >> *Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size-* > > >> ca.5 X 12cm; acute apex; > > >> *Inflorescence Type/ Size-* > > >> terminal thryse > > >> *Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-* > > >> *Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- * > >> ca.1cm across > > >> *Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- * > > >> -- > >> Muthu Karthick, N > >> Junior Research Fellow > >> Care Earth Trust > >> Chennai - 61 > >>www.careearthtrust.org > > -- > Tanay Bose > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant > Department of Botany > University of British Columbia > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036
