Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f., Fl. Indica 34 1768. (syn. Bigelovia gracilis Spreng.; Bigelovia laevicaulis Miq.; Bigelovia linifolia (Vahl) Spreng.; Bigelovia ocymoides (Burm.f.) Miq.; Bigelovia parviflora Spreng.; Bigelovia tenera (R.Br. ex G.Don) Heynh.; Borreria laevicaulis (Miq.) Ridl.; Borreria ocimoides f. ocimoides ; Borreria ocymoides (Burm.f.) DC.; Borreria ocymoides var. thekkumalensis Sivar. & K.T.Joseph; Spermacoce aspera Vahl [Illegitimate]; Spermacoce domingensis C.Wright; Spermacoce hirta Sw. [Illegitimate]; Spermacoce laevis Spreng. [Illegitimate]; Spermacoce microphylla Pohl ex DC. [Invalid]; Spermacoce ramosa Wall. [Invalid]; Spermacoce tenera R.Br. ex G.Don; Tardavel ocymoides (Burm.f.) Hiern);
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Trop. Asia to SW. Pacific as per WCSP;
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Argentina Northeast; Brazil West-Central; Burkina; Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Repu; Chad; Colombia; Congo; Ecuador; Ethiopia; Fiji; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Gulf of Guinea Is.; India; Ivory Coast; Jawa; Liberia; Malaya; Maldives; Mali; Myanmar; New Guinea; Nigeria; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Samoa; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Solomon Is.; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Vanuatu; Zare as per Catalogue of life;
. sperm-a-KOH-see — seed point, referring to the capsule being surrounded by calyx points ok-kye-MOY-deez — resembles Ocimum (basil) . commonly known as: basil-like spermacoce, purple-leaved button weed . Native of: Mauritius, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines; naturalized elsewhere .
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