Meyna laxiflora

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|genus = Meyna

|species = laxiflora

|authority = Robyns

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Meyna laxiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It has a world-wide distribution across tropical and subtropical regions.{{cite web|title=Plant Name Details: Meyna laxiflora Robyns|url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=756200-1|website=The International Plant Names Index|accessdate=4 December 2017}}

Description

Meyna laxiflora is an armed shrub or small tree with greenish-yellow flowers. The calyx of the flower is cup shaped, and the fruits of the tree are round, fleshy, and edible.{{cite book |title= CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology (5 Volume Set) |author= Umberto Quattrocchi |edition= reprint |publisher= CRC Press |year= 2016 |isbn= 9781482250640 |page= 2494}} It flowers in January to March.{{cite book |title= Higher Plants of Indian Subcontinent |volume= 3 |series= Additional Indian journal of forestry |editor= B. K. Gupta |publisher= Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh |year= 2000 |page= 102}}

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Category:Vanguerieae

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