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Benkara malabarica
As recorded: Oxyceros malabaricus (Lam.) Tirveng.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Gentianales › Rubiaceae
- Collected by
- Tirvengadum, D.D.; Waas, S.D.D. Tirvengadum →S.H. Waas →
- Collector number
- 430
- Date
- August 29, 1974
- Locality
- Wilpattu National Prak, Anuradhapura District; North Central Province. Border of Timberivila Pond, close to Diospyros formation.
- Island
- Sri Lanka
- Region
- Sri Lanka
- Identified by
- Tirvengadum, D.D.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Benkara malabarica observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1974. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 52 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-06-13.
2026-06-13
471/9.krishnasamy street,On sakthinagar, Vengikkal, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu 606603, India
(c) V.Arun, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-06-10
Tamil Nadu, India
no rights reserved
2026-05-23
Agaram, Tamil Nadu, India
(c) V.Arun, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-25
Mangattuparamba, Kerala, India
(c) hardika_subhash, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-04-14
India
(c) Sagarika Gupta, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-11-05
Vellore, IN-AP, IN
(c) சூழல் அறிவோம், some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Benkara malabarica. BISH 572006. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956252083. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/572006.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956252083 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026