Prasad ji I doubt the ID. The individual leaf does look like *Rubia cordifolia* but they are not opposite here.....the pattern looks entirely different. Will wait for further comments though.
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Prasad Dash <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear members sharing the images of one of the rare medicinal plant taken > from Mahendragiri > > Name: Rubia cordifolia > Family: Rubiaceae > habit: Herb > Habitat: Wild, under the close canopy of semi-evergreen forest (Riperian > zone) > Place of collection: Mahendragiri hills, gajapati district, Odishs, at an > altitude of 800 m above msl > > Regards > > prasad > > -- > Prasad Kumar Dash > Ecologist, Odisha, India > email: [email protected] > ph. 09437444241 > -- Dr Satish Phadke
