What question did this study set out to answer?

To document two new species of Meyna from Manipur, India, emphasizing their unique traits.

March 10, 2026Open Access

Meyna grisea (King & Gamble) Robyns and Meyna peltata Robyns (Rubiaceae: Vanguerieae) – a new record of two ethnobotanically significant fruit trees from Manipur, India

PDPallavi B. DhalUniversity of Delhi AAnishyaUniversity of Delhi MKMithun KrishnanVisvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

Key Points

To document two new species of Meyna from Manipur, India, emphasizing their unique traits.
Described morphological features of Meyna grisea and Meyna peltata.
Illustrated their diagnostic characters and provided photographs.
Compared with previously reported species from India.
Meyna grisea features a capitate stigma with 4-5 divergent lobes.
Meyna peltata is characterized by a prominent peltate stigma.
New findings expand the knowledge of the Rubiaceae family in India.

Abstract

Meyna grisea and M . peltata , two new records from Imphal Valley, Manipur, India, characterised by a capitate stigma with 4–5 divergent, spreading lobes on a globose base, and a prominent peltate stigma, respectively, are described and illustrated here. Photographs, key to the species, along with their coordinates and diagnostic characters in comparison with previously reported species from India, are provided.

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