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Rubia tinctorum

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Madder
• Ran se qian cao (Pinyin)
• Dyers' Madder

Geographical Habitats

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Xinjiang - China
• Cyprus
• Greece
• India
• Iran
• Iraq
• Italy
• Kazakstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Lebanon
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Russia
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam
• Yugoslavia

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Jun-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Sep (China)

Climbing herb with terminal & axillary thyrses of 5mm yellow-green flowers, 6mm red-brown to black fruits, leaves smooth above, prickly on margins

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Kew