Benkara Explained

Benkara is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in tropical and subtropical Asia from India east to China and the Ryukyu Islands, south to Java and the Philippines.^[1] It was described by Michel Adanson in 1763.^[2]

Species

Benkara armigera (K.Schum.) Ridsdale - Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia
Benkara depauperata (Drake) Ridsdale - China, Vietnam
Benkara emanuelssoniana (Lour.) Ridsdale - Palawan
Benkara esculenta (Lour.) Ridsdale - Vietnam
Benkara evenosa (Hutch.) Ridsdale - Yunnan
Benkara fasciculata (Roxb.) Ridsdale - Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines
Benkara forrestii (J.Anthony) Ridsdale - Yunnan, Thailand
Benkara griffithii (Hook.f.) Ridsdale - China, Assam, Bhutan
Benkara hoaensis (Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale - Vietnam
Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirveng - India, Sri Lanka
Benkara microcarpa (Bartl. ex DC.) Ridsdale - Philippines
Benkara miquelii (Koord. & Valeton) Ridsdale - Java
Benkara ovoidea (Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
Benkara parviflora (King & Gamble) Ridsdale - Peninsular Malaysia
Benkara pierrei (Pit.) Ridsdale - Thailand, Vietnam
Benkara rectispina (Merr.) Ridsdale - Hainan
Benkara scandens (Thunb.) Ridsdale - China, Vietnam, Philippines
Benkara sinensis (Lour.) Ridsdale - China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands)