Tarenna is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 193 species distributed across the old world tropics of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Petra De Block et al. have assigned several species formerly included in Tarenna to other genera, Cladoceras, Sonbridia, and Nesotarenna within the tribe Pavetteae. They are shrubs or trees with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal arrays of whitish, greenish, or yellowish flowers.
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Tarenna is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 193 species distributed across the old world tropics of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Petra De Block et al. have assigned several species formerly included in Tarenna to other genera, Cladoceras, Sonbridia, and Nesotarenna within the tribe Pavetteae. They are shrubs or trees with oppositely arranged leaves and terminal arrays of whitish, greenish, or yellowish flowers.
==Species== As of December 2025 Plants of the World Online accepts 193 species. Tarenna acuminata Tarenna acutisepala Tarenna adangensis Tarenna adpressa Tarenna agnata Tarenna agumbensis Sundararagh. Tarenna alleizettei Tarenna alpestris Tarenna angustifolia Tarenna annamensis Tarenna arborea Tarenna arborescens Tarenna asiatica Tarenna attenuata Tarenna aurantiaca Tarenna austrosinensis Tarenna baconoides Tarenna bakeri Tarenna barbellata Tarenna bartlettii Tarenna bartlingii Tarenna baviensis Tarenna bipindensis Tarenna bonii Tarenna borneensis Tarenna brachysiphon Tarenna brevicymigera Tarenna bridsoniana Tarenna burttii Tarenna calliblepharis Tarenna campaniflora Tarenna canarica Tarenna capitata Tarenna capuroniana Tarenna catanduanensis Tarenna celebica Tarenna charlesii Tarenna chevalieri Tarenna ciliolata Tarenna cinerea Tarenna collinsiae Tarenna compactiflora Tarenna conferta Tarenna confusa Tarenna congensis Tarenna coriacea Tarenna costata Tarenna crassifolia Tarenna cumingiana Tarenna curtisii Tarenna dallachiana Tarenna dasyphylla Tarenna debilis Tarenna depauperata Tarenna disperma Tarenna drummondii Bridson Tarenna ebracteata Tarenna eketensis Tarenna elongata Tarenna eucrantha Tarenna evansii Tarenna flava Tarenna foonchewii Tarenna forsteniana Tarenna fragrans Tarenna funebris Tarenna fuscoflava Tarenna gibbsiae Tarenna gilletii Tarenna glaberrima Tarenna gossweileri Tarenna gracilipes Tarenna gracilis Tarenna grandiflora Tarenna harleyae Tarenna harmandiana Tarenna helferi Tarenna hexamera Tarenna hirsuta Tarenna hispidula Tarenna hoaensis Pit. Tarenna hosei Tarenna hutchinsonii Tarenna idukkiana Tarenna ignambiensis Tarenna inops Tarenna insularis Tarenna jolinonii Tarenna joskei Tarenna junodii Tarenna keyensis Tarenna kivuensis Tarenna lanceolata Tarenna lancilimba Tarenna lasiorhachis Tarenna laticorymbosa Tarenna latifolia Tarenna laui Tarenna leioloba Tarenna leonardii Tarenna lifouana Tarenna limbata Tarenna littoralis Tarenna loheri Tarenna longifolia Tarenna longipedicellata Tarenna luhomeroensis Bridson Tarenna luteola Tarenna luzoniensis Tarenna macroptera Tarenna madagascariensis Tarenna maingayi Tarenna membranacea Tarenna meyeri Tarenna microcarpa Tarenna mollis Tarenna mollissima Tarenna monosperma (Wight & Arn.) D.C.S.Raju Tarenna monticola Tarenna multinervia Tarenna nilagirica (Bedd.) Bremek. Tarenna nilotica Tarenna nitida Tarenna nitidula Tarenna nitiduloides Tarenna oblanceolata Tarenna oblonga Tarenna obtusifolia Tarenna odorata Tarenna ogoouensis Tarenna palawanensis Tarenna pallidula Tarenna pangasinensis Tarenna pauciflora Tarenna pavettoides Tarenna peekeliana Tarenna pembensis Tarenna pentamera Tarenna petitii Tarenna pilosa Tarenna polycarpa Tarenna polysperma Tarenna precidantenna Tarenna principensis Tarenna puberula Tarenna pubiflora Tarenna pubinervis Tarenna pubituba Tarenna pulchra Tarenna pumila Tarenna quadrangularis Bremek. Tarenna quocensis Tarenna rhypalostigma Tarenna ridleyi Tarenna roseicosta Tarenna rudis Tarenna rwandensis Tarenna sakae Tarenna sambucina Tarenna scaberula Tarenna scabrida Tarenna sechellensis (Baker) Summerh. Tarenna seemanniana Tarenna sinica Tarenna spiranthera Tarenna stellulata Tarenna stenantha Tarenna subsessilis Tarenna sumatrana Tarenna sumatrensis Tarenna sylvicola Tarenna thomasii Tarenna thorelii Tarenna thouarsiana Tarenna tonkinensis Tarenna trichurensis Tarenna truncatocalyx Tarenna tsangii Tarenna uniflora Tarenna unioensis Tarenna uzungwaensis Tarenna valida Tarenna vanprukii Tarenna verticillata Tarenna vignei Tarenna wallichii Tarenna wangii Tarenna warburgiana Tarenna weberifolia Tarenna winkleri Tarenna wrayi Tarenna yappii Tarenna yunnanensis
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