Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Bigelovia gracilis Spreng. |
| synonym | Bigelovia laevicaulis Miq. |
| synonym | Bigelovia ocymoides (Burm.f.) Miq. |
| synonym | Bigelovia parviflora Spreng. |
| synonym | Bigelovia tenera (R.Br. ex G.Don) Heynh. |
| synonym | Borreria laevicaulis (Miq.) Ridl. |
| synonym | Borreria ocymoides (Burm.f.) DC. |
| synonym | Borreria ocymoides var. thekkumalensis Sivar. & K.T.Joseph |
| synonym | Borreria trichantha Miq. |
| synonym | Spermacoce aspera Vahl, nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Spermacoce hirta Sw., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Spermacoce laevis Spreng., nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Spermacoce microphylla Pohl ex DC., pro syn. |
| synonym | Spermacoce ramosa Wall., nom. nud. |
| synonym | Spermacoce tenera R.Br. ex G.Don |
| synonym | Spermacoce trichantha (Miq.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Tardavel ocymoides (Burm.f.) Hiern |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Pubescent, erect herbs. Leaves decussate, elliptic-oblong, to 3.5 x 1.5 cm, sparsely scabrous, nerves 3 or 4 pairs, base cuneate to attenuate, apex acute, (sub)sessile; stipules 1 x 0.8 cm. Flowers 40-50 per node. Calyx truncate, strigose without; lobes 4, unequal, linear-lanceolate, 2 short and 2 long. Corolla white, 2 mm wide; tube 2 mm, glabrous within; lobes 4. Stamens 4. Capsule truncate, 1.5 x 1 mm, dehiscing transversely.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Wastelands
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia and Tropical Africa
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Borreria ocymoides (Burm.f.) DC., Prodr. 4: 544. 1830; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 654(461). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 136. 1982; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 228. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 222. 1994.
- Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f., Fl. Ind. 34 & 13. f.1. 1768; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 200. 1881; Deb & Dutta, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 1052. 1984; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 221. 1984; Sivar. et al., Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Plant. Sci.) 97:356.1987; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 236. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 203. 1989; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 167. 1995; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 450. 2009.
- Borreria ocymoides var. thekkumalensis Sivar. & Joseph, New Botanist 6:133. 1979.
Information Listing > References
- Borreria ocymoides (Burm.f.) DC., Prodr. 4: 544. 1830; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 654(461). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 136. 1982; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 228. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 222. 1994.
- Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f., Fl. Ind. 34 & 13. f.1. 1768; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 200. 1881; Deb & Dutta, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 1052. 1984; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 221. 1984; Sivar. et al., Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Plant. Sci.) 97:356.1987; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 236. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 203. 1989; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 167. 1995; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 450. 2009.
- Borreria ocymoides var. thekkumalensis Sivar. & Joseph, New Botanist 6:133. 1979.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Gentianales |
| Family | Rubiaceae |
| Genus | Spermacoce |
| Species | Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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