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Andaman Is.; Assam; Bangladesh; Chagos Archipelago; China Southeast; East Himalaya; Hainan; India; Japan; Jawa; Malaya; Nansei-shoto; Nepal; Philippines; Solomon Is.; Taiwan; Tanzania; Thailand; Vietnam; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life;
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Trop. & Subtrop. Asia as per WCSP;
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Malayalam: Tartaval, Kudalchurukki, Nattachuri; SANSKRIT: Vasuka, Booka; 
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Rubiaceae Week – Spermacoce hispida from Coimbatore.:
Sharing the images of Spermacoce hispida from NBNP, Anaikatti, Coimbatore.
Thanks to EFI Members for their help in identification of this sp.


Side view of flower would help in deciding whether it is S. articularis or S. hispida


Please go through this thread (my last mail)


Thank you sir, Her are some pictures of different views. This plant was noticed immediate after rain.


It should be Spermacoce hispida L. as per comparative images at Spermacoce and as per keys at Flora of China

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efloraindia: 021211 BRS 224:

Pl. find the attached file contain photo for. id. request.
Location: NBNP, Anaikatti, Coimbatore
Date: 01.12.2011
Habitat: Garden
Habit: Herb

Can this be a Borreria species?


Looks like Borreria hispida but the size of the leaves are giving me some trouble to confirm the ID


Yes this species is Spermacoce hispida L.
Syn: Borreria hispida (L.) K. Schum.
Borreria articularis (L.f.) F. N. Will. var. hispida (L.) Sivar. & Manilal


Agree with … Spermacoce hispida syn. Borreria hispida. This is a common weed in Mysore .



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SL 21 151113 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Please ID this creeping medicinal plant with white flowers. Phoro was taken in Sri Lanka in Oct 2012.


Spermacocce sp


It should be Spermacoce hispida L. as per comparative images at Spermacoce and as per keys at Flora of China


it’s dumb sure S. hispida, sir.


S. hispida


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130713 ASP 104 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Please ID this creeping herbaceous plant with medicinal properties. Flowers are white. Taken in Sri Lanka in May 2012.

Spermacoce sp.


It should be Spermacoce hispida L. as per comparative images at Spermacoce and as per keys at Flora of China



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Hooghly-skMAY23/24 Spermacoce hispida L.??? : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Yesterday I went to the place where I found what i thought to be Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link. But the population was invisible there. Instead i noticed a population of this herb, a bit stout, less than 1 ft height, possibly on the onset of flowering season. Leaves are around 1.5 to 2 cm.
Can it be Spermacoce hispida L.?


Leaf thickness, fruit supports it to be Spermacoce hispida, colour variation is prevalent in this species.


Thank you Sir, but number of flowers seem to be too many. Attached here
new photographs, recorded a couple of hours ago. The flowers seem to
open during evening or very early morning.

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For me the ID is correct.


Thank you very much Sir, this is the most likely id of this strange species. I face two problems though –

  • I couldn’t find an open flower unlike other threads of this species
  • Number
    of flowers in a whorl doesn’t tally with lit. I have with me or with
    info found in the net. There are as many as 6-8 flowers in each distal
    whorl and 18 flowers in each proximal whorl
It appears to me that this species is a combination of S. scabra and S. hispida of Flora Indica! TPL thinks S. scabra is synonymous with S. articularis L.f.; but this species neither tally with the description of FoC nor with Flora Indica.
Finally, even the paper, “Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Notes on the Spermacoce hispida-articularis Complex and S. stricta-pusilla Complex (Rubiaceae) / V. V. Sivarajan and R. Vasudevan Nair” doesn’t help!

I appreciate the way of your approach.



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id please SK161016- 1 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
Sondalia, WB, 16.10.2016


Pl. check Spermacoce species.


Spermacoce hispida, I think.



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Herb ID from Bangladesh_SM_4003 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)- around 450 kb each.
Picture take, Sep,2018 from Sonadia Island, Cox’s Bazar


It seems Spermacoce articularis


It should be Spermacoce hispida L. as per comparative images at Spermacoce and as per keys at Flora of China


yes it is Spermacoce hispida


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Herb ID from Bangladesh_SM_4012 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) – around 450 kb each.
Picture take, Sep,2018 from Sonadia Island, Cox’s Bazar

Reply from another thread: It seems Spermacoce articularis

Boreria articularis, Rubiaceae

Is it just not the another name of the species already suggested ?


It should be Spermacoce hispida L. as per comparative images at Spermacoce and as per keys at Flora of China


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Spermacoce articularis for confirmation:
Spermacoce articularis I think.
Would appreciate a confirmation
saw it on the sand dunes of a beach in south maharashtra on the border of goa end of november last year.


Confirmed. it is Spermacoce articularis L. f.

Syn: Borreria articularis (L.f.) F.N. Will.;
Description: Diffuse herbs; stem 4-angled, adpressed minutely hairy. Leaves 1-2.5 x 0.8 – 1.4 cm, elliptic or obovate, base attenuate, margin flat, rarely flexuous, apex obtuse, acute, apiculate, more or less scabrid on both sides; stipules with long subulate hispid bristles. Flowers in axillary, few-flowered sessile clusters. Calyx-tube obovoid; lobes 2, c. 1.5 mm long, with 2 intermediate teeth, hairy. Corolla pinkish-white, tube funnel-shaped, usually much longer than lobes, c. 2.5 mm long, with a ring of hairs inside. Stamens 4, exserted. Capsule 4-6 x 3-4 mm, globose, hispid, 2-valved, splitting septicidally into two mericarps then septum ditaches from the valves, releasing the seeds. Seeds 2-3 mm long, oblong, brown, reticulate.
Eng. Name: Shaggy buttonweed

It should be Spermacoce hispida L. as per comparative images at Spermacoce and as per keys at Flora of China


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Spermacoce hispida :: Puducherry :: 13 OCT 19 : 4 posts by 3 authors. 5 images.
Puducherry  near sea coast
Date: October 13, 2019 … Altitude range: about 0 – 3 m (0 – 10 feet) asl
Spermacoce hispida  L.
Many thanks to … for help with ID at facebook.


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Hampi, KA :: Small herb with pink flowers for ID :: ARK2020-058 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)- around 800 kb each.
Saw this small herb with tiny pink flowers in the ancient ruins complex in Hampi, KA in October 2019.
Requested to please provide ID.

Neanotis sp. ??

Thanks … Could not find any matching pic in efi.


I think close to Spermacoce hispida L. as per comparative images at Spermacoce

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Konkan, MH :: Small plant on beach for ID :: ARK2021-028: 5 images.

Seen this small plant on the Devgad beach, MH in the last week of December 2020.
Requested to please ID.

I think close to images at Spermacoce hispida


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Chilika lake, December 2021 :: Spermacoce (??) for ID :: ARK2022-034: 4 high res. images.
This was clicked at Behrampura on the banks of the Chilika lake, Odisha in December 2021.
Requested to please ID. Is this some Spermacoce?


Spermacoce articularis


I think it is more closer to images at Spermacoce hispida L. rather than those at Spermacoce articularis L.f.


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Needed ID: Neemrana tiny Rubiaceae???: 3 images.
Neemrana, Sandy soil
1/8/2022


Pl. check
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/31/spermacoce/


Please check Spermacoce hispida L. !


Yes, appears close to images at Spermacoce hispida


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MS/2023/132 – Plant for ID: 3 images.
I am forwarding herewith a few photographs of the plant photographed in Chennai. Sent by a friend for ID. Looks like Spermacoceae species (S.hispida) Please conform/ suggest new ID.


Yes it’s correct … It’s Spermacoceae hispida


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MS/2023/139- ID of the plant: 1 high res. image.
I am forwarding herewith the photographs of a plant, photographed in Chennnai. Please ID.


Spermacoce species ???


Borreria hispida ..!


Now: Spermacoce hispida L.



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