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. It was described by Michel Adanson in 1763.

== 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)