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family Rubiaceae
Randia aculeata L.
Shrub;
stems spiny, dimorphic (long shoots and short shoots); leaves
often clustered on axillary short shoots, opposite, simple, elliptic
to oblanceolate, base acute, margin entire, apex obtuse to rounded;
flowers nearly sessile on the short shoots; corolla white, tube
short, with 5 spreading lobes; fruit globose, fleshy, with multiple
seeds.
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Very similar to Randia obcordata which differs in leaf
apices truncate to emarginate (notched).
Shrub;
stems spiny, dimorphic (long shoots and short shoots); leaves
often clustered on axillary short shoots, opposite, simple, elliptic
to oblanceolate, base acute, margin entire, apex obtuse to rounded;
flowers nearly sessile on the short shoots; corolla white, tube
short, with 5 spreading lobes; fruit globose, fleshy, with multiple
seeds.
