Yes not Rubia cordifolia in which leaves are with very long petioles, and leaf base usually cordate.
Leaves 2-4 in a whorl and short petioles suggest R. himalayensis as suggested by Vijayasankar ji -- 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 Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote: > Ritesh, it may be Rubia himalayensis. (it is not R. cordifolia). > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Very nice pictures of a Rubiaceae plant. >> I am not sure about the ID though. >> The pictures are showing an important character of Family >> Rubiaceae............. >> Opposite leaves. I have read that often the plants have interpetiolar >> stipules which are sometimes big and appear like leaves making the leaf >> pattern whorled.......... >> Is it the classic case here? >> Would like to learn from experts. >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Rubis sp. (cordifolia??) >>> >>> Rubiaceae >>> >>> Loc.: Dehradun, Uttarakhand >>> >>> Date: August, 2010 >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ritesh. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr Satish Phadke >> > >
