Spermacoce hispida - Shaggy Button Weed

❏ Binomial Name : Spermacoce hispida L.

❏ Synonym : Borreria articularis, Borreria hispida

❏ Family : Rubiaceae

❏ Common Name : Shaggy Button Weed

❏ Tamil Name : Nathaichuri

❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Spermacoce hispida Botanical Description

Stem bluish, hispid. Leaves 1-2 x 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. Fl. &Fr.: May-August.

Spermacoce hispida Medicinal uses

❀ It purifies the Red Blood Cells.

❀ The seeds are used to reduce body weight.

❀ The intake of seeds strengthens the body

❀ It has the power of mesmerizing.

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