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Bengal rinorea

Rinorea bengalensis (Wall.) Gagnep.

Family
Violaceae
Genus
Rinorea

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Bengal rinorea: Photos taken from around Peravoor and Periya
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Common names

By language (3)
Chinese
三角車, 孟加拉三角车, 三角车, 雷诺木
English
Bengal rinorea
Malayalam
റിനോറിയ ബെൻഗാളെൻസിസ്

Synonyms

  • Alsodeia bengalensis Wall.
  • Alsodeia fasciculata (Turcz.) Turcz.
  • Alsodeia immersa Craib
  • Alsodeia lankawiensis Ridl.
  • Alsodeia obtusa Korth.
  • Alsodeia paradoxa Blume ex Oudem.
  • Alsodeia pruinosa Pulle
  • Alsodeia salomonensis Rechinger
  • Alsodeia semigyrata Turcz.
  • Alsodeia wallichiana Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Pentaloba fasciculata Turcz.
  • Pentaloba semigyrata Turcz.
  • Rinorea fasciculata (Turcz.) Merr.
  • Rinorea immersa (Craib) Craib
  • Rinorea lankawiensis (Ridl.) Craib
  • Rinorea nhatrangensis Gagnep.
  • Rinorea obtusa Kuntze
  • Rinorea paradoxa (Blume ex Oudem.) J.J.Sm. ex Koord. & Valeton
  • Rinorea pruinosa (Pulle) Melch.
  • Rinorea salomonensis Melch.
  • Rinorea semigyrata (Turcz.) J.J.Sm.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Pacific Basin: native

Photos

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.