Rubiaceae FAMILY

Spermacoce ocymoides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Spermacoce ocymoides is an erect or spreading, well-branched annual plant with slender stems; it can grow 25 - 60cm tall[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - Maldives, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Solomon Isles, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu.

HabitatWaste places, disturbed soil, along canals and marshes, in grassy fields and along roads; at elevations from sea-level up to 650 - 1,400 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].