Yes Rubia cordifolia, red flowers are often found in Asiatic specimens.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > Came across this climber at Manali. Appearance wise to me it looked like > some Rubia sp.?? Flowers were small (few mm) reddish brown in colour. > > I remembered earlier Shri Gurcharan Singh ji has uploaded Rubia sp from > Manali. > > ( > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/d04bbf967e0b9f33/4ce1f8a411f95309?lnk=gst&q=Rubia+manjith#4ce1f8a411f95309 > ). > > Kindly have a look at the pics for ID. > > Date/Time: 25-09-2010 / 04:15PM > Location: Manali (on the way to Hadimba temple), Himachal Pradesh. > Habitat: Wild > Plant Habit: Climber > > regards > Prashant >

