''Tarenna'' is a

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. There are about 192 species distributed across the tropical world, from Africa, Asia, Australia to the Pacific Islands. They are shrubs or trees with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal arrays of whitish, greenish, or yellowish flowers.

Species

* '' Tarenna agumbensis'' Sundararagh. * '' Tarenna drummondii'' Bridson * ''

Tarenna hoaensis ''Tarenna hoaensis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. References

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Tarenna luhomeroensis ''Tarenna luhomeroensis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Tanzania. References

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Tarenna monosperma ''Tarenna monosperma'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Kerala and Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territ ...

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Tarenna nilagirica ''Tarenna nilagirica'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to Karnataka and Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reo ...

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Tarenna quadrangularis ''Tarenna quadrangularis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the ...

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Tarenna sechellensis ''Tarenna sechellensis'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is known from the Seychelles, Madagascar and Mayotte. The English botanist John Gilbert Baker was the first to formally describe this species in 1877 (in the genus '' Webe ...

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Image gallery

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Tarenna asiatica ''Tarenna'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 192 species distributed across the tropical world, from Africa, Asia, Australia to the Pacific Islands. They are shrubs or trees with oppositely arranged leaves a ...

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Tarenna stellulata ''Tarenna'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 192 species distributed across the tropical world, from Africa, Asia, Australia to the Pacific Islands. They are shrubs or trees with oppositely arranged leaves a ...

References

Rubiaceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ixoroideae-stub