Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC., Prodr. 4: 572 1830. (syn. Borreria ferruginea M.Martens & Galeotti [Illegitimate]; Borreria remotifolia DC.; Diodia villosa Moc. & Sessé ex DC.; Mitracarpus hirtus var. remotiflorus K.Schum.; Mitracarpus pilosus A.Rich. [Spelling variant]; Mitracarpus rudis Benth.; Mitracarpus scaber Zucc. ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Mitracarpus senegalensis DC.; Mitracarpus simplex Rusby; Mitracarpus torresianus Cham. & Schltdl.; Mitracarpus verticillatus Vatke; Mitracarpus villosus (Sw.) DC.; Mitracarpus villosus (Sw.) Cham. & Schltdl.; Mitracarpus villosus var. glabrior Oerst.; Spermacoce cephalotes Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Spermacoce declinata Pav. ex DC.; Spermacoce gracilis Pohl ex DC. [Invalid]; Spermacoce hirta L.; Spermacoce villosa Sw.; Staurospermum verticillatum Schumach. & Thonn.);
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Mitracarpus hirtus (Linnaeus) Candolle from Flora of China:
Herbs, annual, branched, 40-80 cm tall; branches flattened to subterete or 4-angled, sometimes becoming woody in lower part, sparsely hirsute to villous. Leaves sessile; blade drying thinly papery, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, 3-4.5 × 0.7-1.5 cm, adaxially scaberulous and usually also sparsely villosulous or pilosulous, abaxially moderately to densely villous or pilose, base acute to obtuse or rounded, apex acute; secondary veins 3-6 pairs; stipule sheaths 1-4 mm, villosulous or pilosulous to glabrescent, with 1-9 setae 1-5 mm. Inflorescences 5-20 mm in diam. (not including subtending leaves), villosulous or pilosulous; bracts linear, 1-2 mm. Calyx sparsely to densely puberulent or strigillose; ovary portion subglobose to ellipsoid, ca. 0.5 mm; limb deeply lobed; lobes unequal, triangular to lanceolate, 2 larger 1.8-2 mm, 2 smaller 0.8-1.2 mm, ciliate. Corolla funnelform, outside puberulent to glabrous; tube 1-1.5 mm, glabrous inside; lobes triangular to ovate, 0.5-1 mm, obtuse to acute. Capsules subglobose, ca. 1 mm in diam., scaberulous or sparsely puberulent; seeds dark brown, oblate-suboblong, ca. 0.8 mm. Fl. and fr. Apr-Nov.
Wastelands at highway sides; near sea level to 800 m. Hainan (Wanning), Hong Kong, Yunnan [native to the Antilles and Central, North, and South America; naturalized in tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, and Pacific islands].
Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. from PIER:
A weak erect, decumbent or procumbent annual herb, usually ± well-branched, 3-40 cm tall, with fine fibrous roots; stems with sparse to fairly dense crisped hairs on the ± wing-like prominent angles. Leaf-blades elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 0.4-3.6 cm long, 0.25-1.6 cm wide, rounded to ± acute at the apex, concavely narrowed into the petiole at the base, glabrous on both surfaces save for short marginal hairs or ± pubescent on the main nerve beneath; petiole 0-8 mm long, with scattered hairs; stipules with base 2 mm long, bearing ± 7 fimbriae 1-3 mm long.  Flowers in small few-flowered clusters at many of the nodes, attaining 3-6 mm in diameter in the fruiting state; stipule-like bracteoles with fimbriae 1.8-2 mm long. Calyx-tube transversely oblong, 0.5 mm long; lobes 2 (-4), 0.6-0.8 mm long, ciliate. Corolla white; tube 0.3 mm long; lobes triangular, 0.35 mm long, 0.3-0.4 mm wide, with a few short hairs inside.  Anthers situated just above the sinuses of the corolla-lobes.  Style ± 0.2 mm long; stigma 0.2 mm wide.  Fruit oblong, 1 mm long, 0.8 mm wide, 0.5-0.7 mm thick, compressed, finely transversely wrinkled and very shortly pubescent.  Seeds chestnut-brown, oblong-ellipsoid, 0.7-0.8 mm long, 0.4 mm wide, 0.3-0.35 mm thick, strongly reticulate with raised ribs, the foveae elongated in the direction of the short axis” (Verdcourt, 1976; p. 361).
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Date/Time-Location- 29.10.2011, NBNP Garden.
Place, Altitude, GPS- Anaikatti (640 MSL) Coimbatore Dist.,
Habitat- Wild
Type-Plant Habit- Herb

This is Borreria pusilla [B. stricta, Spermacoce pusilla].


I agree with Spermacoce pusilla


Spermacoce ocymoides, perhaps. S. pusilla has narrowly oblong leaves.


Mitracarpus hirtus: Family Rubiaceae
Syn: Spermacoce hirta L.
Mitracarpus villosus (Sw.) DC.
Spermacoce villosa Sw.
Mitracarpus verticillatus (Schum. & Thonn.) Vatke



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Agree with … This is Mitracarpus hirtus. Sending my photographs of this taken on my property at Shahapur. Will send photographs of Borreira pusilla for comparison in a separate mail.



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efloraofindia:”For Id” wild herb with with white flowers at Talegaon Dabhade :17122014: MR-4 : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4)

Talegaon Dabhade Pune
13/12/2014
Requesting to please identify this wild herb with white flowers 

Mitracarpus hirtus of Rubiaceae


Many thanks … for the Id . In fact I was just going through the thread at eFi where you have Id’d the plant as Mitracarpus hirtus. 


Can anyone please explain how to differentiate between Mitracarpus hirtus and Spermacoce ocymoides?


efi page on Mitracarpus hirtus & Spermacoce ocymoides


Why not Spermacose pusilla?



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ID: Richardia scabra or Spermacoce sp. from Guwahati.:  Are the images are Richardia scabra or Spermacoce sp.? I am a little bit confused for the shape of the leaf (lanceolate). Please ID for this species.
Date :28/10/2012
Location: Chokardow, Guwahati-17 [Dist- Kamrup(Metro)]
Habitat: Grows on roadside
Habit : Herb
Flower : Small, white in colour


It is Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC.
Syn: Spermacoce hirta L.; Mitracarpus villosus (Sw.) DC.; Spermacoce villosa Sw.; Mitracarpus verticillatus (Schum. & Thonn.) Vatke


Isn’t it Spermacoce ocymoides?


No sir, it is not Spermacoce ocymoides



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Herb to ID 24112012: Please ID this small herb found yesterday on my wadi, about 16 inches tall in the shaded areas.


Borreria ????????


This does not look like Borreira pussila, my photographs of which are available at this link : efi thread
This is Mitracarpus hirtus. Sending a few of my photographs taken on my property at Shahapur.



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Rubiaceae Week – Spermacoce pusilla from Coimbatore:
Sharing the images of Spermacoce pusilla from NBNP, Anaikatti, Coimbatore


This is Mitracarpus hirtus


Mitracarpus hirtus for me too.
Synonym: M. villosus, Spermacoce villosa, Spermacoce hirta
Common name: Tropical Girdlepod, White Eye



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EfloraofIndia_Rubiaceae week_060212PD02_Spermacoce prostrata ?_Flora of Odisha]:  sharing the images of Spermacoce prostrata taken from Ranpur. please conform.

Name: Spermacoce prostrata
Family: rubiaceae
Habit: herb
Habitat: Wild, grasslands
Place of collection: Ranpur, Odisha

The amount of detail that nature has in it just keeps amazing! Beautiful flowers…


It is Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC., (= Spermacoce hirta L., =Mitracarpus villosus (Sw.) DC., =Spermacoce villosa Sw., = Mitracarpus verticillatus (Schum. & Thonn.) Vatke)



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RUBIACEAE WEEK: Mitracarpus villosus:

a small herb from Satpura Tiger Reserve, M.P.
I think it is Mitracarpus villosus.
Please validate

Thanks for posting this plant. I collected it from Panchmari but alas there was no flower


I had never seen this plant so far. Thanks … for posting.
At first look i thought that it some distorted form of Spermacoce ocymoides.


… you are uploading ACEs of Rubiaceae members. Many thanks for sharing.
Agreeing with … thought – me too would have passed it off as Spermacoce ocymoides.



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Rubiaceae Week: Spermacoce ocymoides from Tirupati:
Spermacoce ocymoides from Tirupati
Pls validate


I think it looks like Mitracarpus verticillatus


Thanks … for id


It is Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC.(= Spermacoce hirta L. =Mitracarpus villosus (Sw.) DC.=Spermacoce villosa Sw. Mitracarpus verticillatus (Schum. & Thonn.) Vatke).



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SK1260 05 JUL 2018 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (9)- around 600 kb ach.
Location:  Sevok, WB, India
Date: 18 May 2018
Altitude: 700 ft.
Habit : Wild
Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f.  ???

Pl. also check at Mitracarpus hirtus
To me appears close.


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north bengal, Oct08; at Shahapur- Dec’09?; Is this Borreira pusilla ? – efloraofindia | Google Groups


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Satara, MH :: White tiny flowers for ID :: ARK2020-011 : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3)- around 750 kb each.
Saw this plant at the Sadawaghapur plateau near Satara. MH in October 2019.
Seems to be some Rubiaceae member.
Requested to please provide ID, if possible.

Spermacoce sp.


I guess Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. !


It could be Mitracarpus hirtus,

Thanks you … for possible IDs.
Mitracarpus hirtus stems do not look hairy as per Mitracarpus, however, some pics in Spermacoce ocymoides do look hairy.
The posted plant stem is very hairy as can be seen in Pic 2.
Would request further help from members.

Please cross verify with Fwd: Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. (accepted name) ??? if it matches?

Yes …, it does seem to match your plant.
Let see if we get validation from others as well.

ID suggested on FB as well – Spermacoce ocymoides

Can anybody find out the difference/ keys between Spermacoce ocymoides and Mitracarpus hirtus (syn: Spermacoce hirta L.) ?

Ovules many in each locule….Mitracarpus
Ovule single in each locule…..Spermacoce,


Thanks, …  But we want keys/ differences that we can check in a flowering plant.

That both plants have most of the characters overlapping …,

As I am not finding the difference between the two online and also the details from the same source. Let us examine their descriptions for clues.
Mitracarpus hirtus (Linnaeus) Candolle from Flora of China:
Herbs, annual, branched, 40-80 cm tall; branches flattened to subterete or 4-angled, sometimes becoming woody in lower part, sparsely hirsute to villous. Leaves sessile; blade drying thinly papery, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, 3-4.5 × 0.7-1.5 cm, adaxially scaberulous and usually also sparsely villosulous or pilosulous, abaxially moderately to densely villous or pilose, base acute to obtuse or rounded, apex acute; secondary veins 3-6 pairs; stipule sheaths 1-4 mm, villosulous or pilosulous to glabrescent, with 1-9 setae 1-5 mm. Inflorescences 5-20 mm in diam. (not including subtending leaves), villosulous or pilosulous; bracts linear, 1-2 mm. Calyx sparsely to densely puberulent or strigillose; ovary portion subglobose to ellipsoid, ca. 0.5 mm; limb deeply lobed; lobes unequal, triangular to lanceolate, 2 larger 1.8-2 mm, 2 smaller 0.8-1.2 mm, ciliate. Corolla funnelform, outside puberulent to glabrous; tube 1-1.5 mm, glabrous inside; lobes triangular to ovate, 0.5-1 mm, obtuse to acute. Capsules subglobose, ca. 1 mm in diam., scaberulous or sparsely puberulent; seeds dark brown, oblate-suboblong, ca. 0.8 mm. Fl. and fr. Apr-Nov.
Wastelands at highway sides; near sea level to 800 m. Hainan (Wanning), Hong Kong, Yunnan [native to the Antilles and Central, North, and South America; naturalized in tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, and Pacific islands].
Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. from PIER:
A weak erect, decumbent or procumbent annual herb, usually ± well-branched, 3-40 cm tall, with fine fibrous roots; stems with sparse to fairly dense crisped hairs on the ± wing-like prominent angles. Leaf-blades elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 0.4-3.6 cm long, 0.25-1.6 cm wide, rounded to ± acute at the apex, concavely narrowed into the petiole at the base, glabrous on both surfaces save for short marginal hairs or ± pubescent on the main nerve beneath; petiole 0-8 mm long, with scattered hairs; stipules with base 2 mm long, bearing ± 7 fimbriae 1-3 mm long.  Flowers in small few-flowered clusters at many of the nodes, attaining 3-6 mm in diameter in the fruiting state; stipule-like bracteoles with fimbriae 1.8-2 mm long. Calyx-tube transversely oblong, 0.5 mm long; lobes 2 (-4), 0.6-0.8 mm long, ciliate. Corolla white; tube 0.3 mm long; lobes triangular, 0.35 mm long, 0.3-0.4 mm wide, with a few short hairs inside.  Anthers situated just above the sinuses of the corolla-lobes.  Style ± 0.2 mm long; stigma 0.2 mm wide.  Fruit oblong, 1 mm long, 0.8 mm wide, 0.5-0.7 mm thick, compressed, finely transversely wrinkled and very shortly pubescent.  Seeds chestnut-brown, oblong-ellipsoid, 0.7-0.8 mm long, 0.4 mm wide, 0.3-0.35 mm thick, strongly reticulate with raised ribs, the foveae elongated in the direction of the short axis” (Verdcourt, 1976; p. 361).
But description in Flora of Thailand  appears to be sketchy as also in Flora of Peninsular India.
Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. looks much different as per images and specimens at GBIF as below:
In view I will go for Mitracarpus hirtus (Linnaeus) Candolle

I could not find Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. in either Flora of China or Flora of Pakistan.


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Spermacoce ocymoides – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 4 images.
On 11/10/09 in Ananthagiri HIll forest in Rangareddy district of Andhra Pradesh.


You are right, … I think we need to have photos of all species of this kind of confusing genera for a clear understanding. So far we have pictures of Spermacoce articularis, pusilla, and stricta isn’t it?


Thanks a lot, … I think only Spermacoce articularis, pusilla, and hispida.

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Wild Flower for Bot. ID-181109-RK-2 – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 1 image.
Small flower-heads-Flower shape clear only thro’ photograph.. Pic taken towards Gende Hosalli, Karnataka on 11-1-09. Request ID.


this could be Spermacoce ocymoides … please look through earlier discussions.




sperm-a-KOH-see — seed point, referring to the capsule being surrounded by calyx points
ok-kye-MOY-deez — resembles Ocimum (basil)
Apr 16, 2011 … at Vangani, Maharashtra
commonly known as: basil-like spermacoce, purple-leaved button weed
Native of: Mauritius, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines; naturalized elsewhere
References: Flowers of IndiaPIERFlora of ThailandNPGS / GRIN
more views: Oct 15, 2011 … at Halabhavi near Belgaum, Karnataka

Mitracarpus hirtus as per detailed discussions at Satara, MH :: White tiny flowers for ID :: ARK2020-011



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Rubiaceae Week: Spermacoce ocymoides at Anmod region, Karnataka:  Spermacoce ocymoides from Anmod region (Belgaum – Goa route).


Great shot of the tiny flowers.




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Spermacoce ocymoides Burm f SN Oct 23 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4).

Spermacoce ocymoides Burm f,
erect weed in the rainfed wet areas
flowers white smaller than S. hispida
Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. (accepted name) ??? : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (9)
Location: Chautara , Nepal
Altitude:  4700 ft.
Date: 12 December 2016
Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. (accepted name)   ???
Borreria laevicaulis (Miq.) Ridl. (synonym)
Some confusion:
1. Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. not listed in Nepal but CoL showing
    syn as Borreria laevicaulis (Miq.) Ridl. which is listed in Nepal.
2. Google showing different plants for both ID.
3. Sample picture is only couple of flowers available rest all dried so 
    looks like matching with flowering  month of September as in FoI
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=110&taxon_id=104289

I think matches with images under threads at Spermacoce ocymoides




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Fwd: Information about plant : 6 posts by 1 author. Attachments (4)
Mi name is … I am from Colombia. in this moment I have an important research about identification of plants.
I have a problem with this specie, I attach some photos. I need you help to confirm, what is the name of this plant?
I check on the Internet maybe is Spermacoce ocymoides or Borreria ocymoides.
Do you have the specific name?

I think yes- matches with images at threads under Spermacoce ocymoides in efloraofindia


 


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280818 RL1- Identification -Reg. : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 738 kb.
kindly identify attached plants
Place: Salem
Altitude: 1500 msl
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Wild


Spermacoce sp.??

It may be Spermacoce ocymoides or Mitracarpus hirtus; a close study is needed to differentiate

The plant in the first photo appears to be Spermacoce ocymoides (IMG_4.jpg).

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Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. SN April 29 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author.
Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f., (= Borreria ocymoides (Burm. f) DC), Fam Rubiaceae, weed in rainfed lands.

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Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. SN Aug 35 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1).
Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f (= Borreria ocymoides (Burm f) DC), Rubiaceae weed in the rainfed fields.


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MS/1/2020/3 – ID of the plant (Spermacoce sps ?) : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)
Kindly identify the plant  :  Could be Spermacoce sps
Date/Time-  Jan 2020
Location-Place, Chennai outskirts.
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild  :  Wild in a waste land
Plant Habit-Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb : Herb 
Height/Length- 6 ” (?)  
Flower – white 

Looks like Spermacoce ocymoides (?)

Yes, appears to be Spermacoce ocymoides as per comparative images at Spermacoce

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MS/1/2020/3 – ID of the plant (Spermacoce sps ?) : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)
Kindly identify the plant: Could be Spermacoce sps
Date/Time-  Jan 2020
Location-Place, Chennai outskirts.
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- Wild  :  Wild in a waste land
Plant Habit-Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Herb : Herb 
Height/Length- 6 ” (?)  
Flower – white 

Looks like Spermacoce ocymoides (?)


Yes, appears to be Spermacoce ocymoides as per comparative images at Spermacoce


Thanks … for the confirmation of the ID.

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For identification: 1 very high res. image.


Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f.


Mirtacarpus hirtus


Yes, Mitracarpus hirtus


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Mitracarpus hirtus from Anjana Layout, Bangalore-GS25012022-7: 4 very high res. images.
Mitracarpus hirtus photographed from Anjana Layout, Bangalore, 21-9-2015.


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MS,April,2022/06 Spermacoce sp. for id.: 1 very high res. image.
Location : Lengpui, Mizoram

Altitude : ca.400 m.
Date : 01-12-2012
Habit : Spreading annual herb
Habitat : Wild

I think close to images at Mitracarpus hirtus


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Mitracarpus hirtus: Madalpatti, Coorg, Karnataka: 4 images- 2 high res.
On 7.5.22 at Mandalpatti view point at around 4000 ft. in Pushpagiri wildlife sanctuary, Coorg, Karnataka.


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Spermacoce ocymoides in FOI:
Images of Spermacoce ocymoides in FOI, are of Mitracarpus hirtus, as per images and details herein.
Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f. looks different as per POWO.
Pl. correct.


You appear to be right. But if so, Mitracarpus hirtus seems to be widely misidentfied on the web as Spermacoce ocymoides, including your image on PIER.


Yes,…


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Spermacoce hispida in FOI:
Images of Spermacoce hispida in FOI by Thingnam ji, are not of Spermacoce hispida L., but of
Mitracarpus hirtus, as per images and details herein.


Removed the page on Spermacoce hispida for now.



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