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family Rubiaceae
Ranida obcordata Wats.; cruz kiiz
Shrub;
stems spiny, dimorphic (long shoots and short shoots); leaves
often clustered on axillary short shoots, opposite, simple, mostly
obcordate, base attenuate, margin entire, apex notched (retuse);
flowers nearly sessile on the short shoots; corolla white, tube
2.5 to 3.5 cm long, with 5 very short lobes; fruit globose, fleshy,
with multiple seeds.
Additional image:
Very similar to Randia aculeata which differs in its
obtuse leaf apicx, i.e., terminating in a distinct broad point.
Shrub;
stems spiny, dimorphic (long shoots and short shoots); leaves
often clustered on axillary short shoots, opposite, simple, mostly
obcordate, base attenuate, margin entire, apex notched (retuse);
flowers nearly sessile on the short shoots; corolla white, tube
2.5 to 3.5 cm long, with 5 very short lobes; fruit globose, fleshy,
with multiple seeds.