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Saprosma
Saprosma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 40 species distributed from south China to tropical Asia.
These are shrubs with opposite or whorled leaves and often an offensive scent. The inflorescence is usually a cluster of white flowers. The fleshy fruit is blue to black in color.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Saprosma ternata
speciesSaprosma ternata
Saprosma glomerata
speciesSaprosma glomerata
Saprosma foetens
speciesSaprosma foetens
Saprosma latifolia
speciesSaprosma latifolia
Saprosma glomerulata
speciesSaprosma glomerulata
Saprosma fragrans
speciesSaprosma fragrans
Saprosma beddomei
speciesSaprosma beddomei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 181337.