Rubiaceae
Indian madder
Rubia cordifolia
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Rubia
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- فوة هندي
- Burmese
- ပဲစိတ်နီ
- Cantonese
- 茜, 茜草
- Chinese
- 披针叶茜草, 茜草, 金劍草, 大红参, 小血藤, 林生茜草, 茜草藤, 蒐
- English
- Indian madder
- French
- Garance indienne
- Hindi
- रुबिया कॉर्डिफ़ोलिया
- Indonesian
- Ranggitan
- Japanese
- ルビア・コルディフォーリア
- Kannada
- ರುಬಿಯಾ ಕಾರ್ಡಿಫೋಲಿಯಾ
- Kinyarwanda
- Ikararambwe
- Korean
- 갈퀴꼭두선이, 갈퀴꼭두서니
- Malayalam
- മഞ്ചട്ടി, Indian Madder
- Punjabi
- ਮਜੀਠ
- Sanskrit
- रुबिअ कोर्दिफ़्ओलिअ
- shn
- ယႃႈၶူမ်ၶိူဝ်း, ယႃႈႁၢၵ်ႈလႅင်
- Spanish
- Dioscorea verticillata
- Telugu
- మంజిష్ఠ
Synonyms
- Galium cordifolium (L.) Kuntze
- Rubia cordifolia var. rotundifolia Franch.
Photos
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Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nativeplants garden, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.