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Knoxia sumatrensis (Retz.) DC.

Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Knoxia

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Knoxia sumatrensis: Photos taken at Mannavan Shola, Anamudi Shola National Park, Kerala during Munnar Butterfly Survey
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
紅芽大戟, 红芽大戟, 面头叶, 贵州红芽大戟
Vietnamese
Trạch côn sumatra

Synonyms

  • Cuncea trifida Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Dentillaria corymbosa (Willd.) Kuntze
  • Dentillaria heyneana (DC.) Kuntze
  • Dentillaria mollis (R.Br. ex Wight & Arn.) Kuntze
  • Ernodea nepalensis Spreng.
  • Knoxia corymbosa Willd.
  • Knoxia corymbosa var. parviflora F.Muell.
  • Knoxia exserta DC.
  • Knoxia heyneana DC.
  • Knoxia linearis Gamble
  • Knoxia mollis R.Br. ex Wight & Arn.
  • Knoxia mollis var. subcapitata Miq.
  • Knoxia stricta Gaertn.
  • Knoxia stricta Thwaites
  • Knoxia stricta var. parviflora (F.Muell.) Domin
  • Knoxia sumatrensis var. glaberrima R.Bhattacharjee & Deb
  • Knoxia sumatrensis var. linearis (Gamble) R.Bhattacharjee & Deb
  • Knoxia teres (Roxb.) DC.
  • Knoxia umbellata Banks ex Roxb.
  • Knoxia umbellata Banks ex Spreng.
  • Knoxia umbellifera Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
  • Spermacoce corymbosa Roth
  • Spermacoce exserta Roxb.
  • Spermacoce sumatrensis Retz.
  • Spermacoce teres Roxb.
  • Timonius malaccensis King & Gamble

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.