Benkara

Benkara is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in tropical and subtropical Asia from India east to China and the Ryukyu Islands, south to Java and the Philippines.^[1] It was described by Michel Adanson in 1763.^[2]

Benkara
Benkara malabarica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Gardenieae
Genus:	Benkara Adans.
Type species
Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirveng.
Synonyms
Fagerlindia Tirveng. Griffithia Wight & Arn.

Species

• Benkara armigera (K.Schum.) Ridsdale - Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia
• Benkara depauperata (Drake) Ridsdale - China, Vietnam
• Benkara emanuelssoniana (Lour.) Ridsdale - Palawan
• Benkara esculenta (Lour.) Ridsdale - Vietnam
• Benkara evenosa (Hutch.) Ridsdale - Yunnan
• Benkara fasciculata (Roxb.) Ridsdale - Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines
• Benkara forrestii (J.Anthony) Ridsdale - Yunnan, Thailand
• Benkara griffithii (Hook.f.) Ridsdale - China, Assam, Bhutan
• Benkara hoaensis (Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale - Vietnam
• Benkara malabarica (Lam.) Tirveng - India, Sri Lanka
• Benkara microcarpa (Bartl. ex DC.) Ridsdale - Philippines
• Benkara miquelii (Koord. & Valeton) Ridsdale - Java
• Benkara ovoidea (Pierre ex Pit.) Ridsdale - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
• Benkara parviflora (King & Gamble) Ridsdale - Peninsular Malaysia
• Benkara pierrei (Pit.) Ridsdale - Thailand, Vietnam
• Benkara rectispina (Merr.) Ridsdale - Hainan
• Benkara scandens (Thunb.) Ridsdale - China, Vietnam, Philippines
• Benkara sinensis (Lour.) Ridsdale - China, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands)