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Spermacoce verticillata
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Spermacoce verticillata L., Sp. Pl. 102. 1753; Deb & Dutta, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 1060. 1984; Sivar. et al., Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Pl. Sci.) 97: 358. 1987.
Borreria verticillata (L.) G.F.W. Meyer, Prim. Fl. Essequib. 83. 1818.
Spermacoce globosa Schum. & Thonn., Beskr. Guin. Pl. 93. 1827.
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Description:
Erect, much branched rigid herbs or under shrubs, woody at base; stem 4-angled. Leaves opposite, 2-3.5 x 0.5-0.8 cm, in apparent whorls(due to condensed axillary shoots), sessile, obovate or oblanceolate, apex obtusely acute, narrowed to base, midrib impressed above, nerves obscure; stipules pectinate, connate with leaf-base into a sheath. Flowers white, in terminal or (upper) axillary, globose heads of 1 cm across. Calyx tube 1 mm long; lobes 2, equal to tube. Corolla tube 1 mm long with a ring of hairs at throat; lobes 4, spreading, longer than tube, Stamens 4; filaments long, hairy; anthers 2-celled. Ovary 2-locular; style slender: stigma 2-lobed. Capsule minutely pubescent near the apex; mericarps 2, each covered by septum ventrally; seeds 2, small, oblong.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-August
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Wastelands
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chikmagallur
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