Rubiaceae FAMILY

Spermacoce verticillata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Spermacoce verticillata is a usually erect, perennial plant with sender stems that can become more or less woody and persist. Sometimes adopting a more sprawling habit, the plant can grow 30 - 120cm tall, forming a clump 2 metres or more wide[ 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. , 413 Title Global Invasive Species Database Publication Author Website http://www.issg.org/database/welcome/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Very detailed information on almost 400 species (with more being added) of plants that have become weeds in areas outside their native range. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. It has been cultivated for its emetic and stomachic properties[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWide spread through tropical and subtropical America from Argentina north through C. America to Mexico and through the Caribbean to Florida.

HabitatThickets, fields and waste places, often as a weed[ 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. ]. Found on roadsides, construction sites, old fields, and pastures. It is one of the major invaders of abandoned pastures and slash-and-burn fields[ 413 Title Global Invasive Species Database Publication Author Website http://www.issg.org/database/welcome/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Very detailed information on almost 400 species (with more being added) of plants that have become weeds in areas outside their native range. ].