| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 225 |
| Synonym | : | Spermacoce verticillata L.;
Bigelovia verticillata (L.) Spreng.;
Borreria commutata Spreng.;
Borreria globularioides Cham. & Schltdl.;
Borreria graminifolia M.Martens & Galeotti.;
Borreria kohautiana Cham. & Schltdl.;
Borreria laevigata M.Martens & Galeotti.;
Borreria minima DC.;
Borreria molleri Gand.;
Borreria oaxacana M.Martens & Galeotti.;
Borreria oligodonta Steyerm.;
Borreria podocephala DC.;
Borreria podocephala var. pumila Chapm.;
Borreria suaveolens f. rigidior Miq.
Borreria thymocephala Griseb.;
Borreria verticillata (L.) G.Mey.;
Borreria verticillata var. brevifolia DC.;
Borreria verticillata var. caesia Chodat.;
Borreria verticillata var. thymiformis B.L.Rob.;
Spermacoce fruticosa Pohl ex DC., pro syn.;
Spermacoce globosa Schumach. & Thonn.;
Spermacoce graminifolia (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl.;
Spermacoce hyssopifolia Pers., pro syn.;
Spermacoce laeta Salisb., nom. superfl.;
Spermacoce laevigata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl., nom. illeg.;
Spermacoce minima Pohl ex DC.;
Spermacoce molleri (Gand.) Govaerts.;
Spermacoce mucronata Nees.;
Spermacoce oaxacana (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl.;
Spermacoce oligodonta (Steyerm.) Govaerts.;
Spermacoce podocephala (DC.) C.Wright.;
Spermacoce polycephala Bartl. ex DC.;
Spermacoce pygmaea C.Wright.;
Spermacoce reclinata Nees.;
Spermacoce stellata Willd.;
Spermacoce thymocephala (Griseb.) C.Wright.;
Tardavel verticillata (L.) Hiern.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Rubiaceae |
| Description | : | Erect, much branched rigid herbs or under shrubs, woody at base; stem 4-angled. Leaves opposite, 2-3.5 x 0.5-0.8 cm, in apparent whorls(due to condensed axillary shoots), sessile, obovate or oblanceolate, apex obtusely acute, narrowed to base, midrib impressed above, nerves obscure; stipules pectinate, connate with leaf-base into a sheath. Flowers white, in terminal or (upper) axillary, globose heads of 1 cm across. Calyx tube 1 mm long; lobes 2, equal to tube. Corolla tube 1 mm long with a ring of hairs at throat; lobes 4, spreading, longer than tube, Stamens 4; filaments long, hairy; anthers 2-celled. Ovary 2-locular; style slender: stigma 2-lobed. Capsule minutely pubescent near the apex; mericarps 2, each covered by septum ventrally; seeds 2, small, oblong. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Open grounds |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant is considered to be emetic and stomachic. The leaves are diuretic and purgative. Although used as a purgative, they are also used in the treatment of Diarrhea as well as conditions such as schistosomiasis, kidney problems, fever and blennorrhagia. The leaves are said to be applied topically in the treatment of skin problems such as leprosy, furuncles, ulcers, itches and gonorrheal sores. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: barrerine; borreverine; guiaene; caryophyllene; cadiene; emetine; daphylloside; asperuloside; feretoside; methyl desacetylasperulosidate; desacetylasperuloside; asperulosidic acid; desacetylasperulosidic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Caryophyllene; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242420846
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/244905
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Spermacoce+verticillata |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Rubiales |
| Family | : Rubiaceae - Madder family |
| Genus | : Borreria |
| Species | : Borreria stricta (L.f.) K. Schum. |