Trees & Plants

Spermacoce

Bulhaani hui

Spermacoce hispida L.

Common in farming areas. The plant is emetic and the aerial part is taken as a febrifuge. The seeds are useful in the treatment of diarrhea. The leaves are applied in poultices to treat headaches and wounds. The roots are dried and powdered and given along with cow milk for condi

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uses: The plant is emetic and the aerial part is taken as a febrifuge. The seeds are useful in the treatment of diarrhea. The leaves are applied in poultices to treat headaches and wounds. The roots are dried and powdered and given along with cow milk for conditions like urinary infections and oligurea. to
family: Rubiaceae
synonym: Spermacoce avana R.Br. ex G. Don, Spermacoce mutilata Blanco
description: Erect herbs, hispid. Leaves × 1-2 0.8-1.5 cm, oblong-elliptic to obovate, acute at apex, attenuate at base, hispid on both sides; stipules sheathing. Flowers in axillary verticillate cymes. Calyx tube 0.15-0.2 cm long, ovoid, hispid without; lobes 4, obovate. Corolla pinkish white; tube slender, 0.5-0.6 cm long, hairy at throat; lobes 4. Capsule subglobose, 0.2- 0.25 cm diam, hispid without; seeds 2, 0.1- 0.15 cm long, grooved; septum detaching from coccus.
native range: Southern China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines
distribution: South and Southeast Asia
english names: Spermacoce · Shaggy button weed
flowering fruiting: May- August
occurrence maldives: Common in farming areas.