- Family : RUBIACEAE
(COFFEE FAMILY OR MADDER FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
- Species : Spermacoce articularis
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Spermacoce articularis L.f.
- Vernacular name : Madana, Nadana, Madana grandthi, Madanak (Tel.); Solaganthi, Sanaghar podia, Jibkata (Ori.)
- Key identification features : A diffuse or prostrate herb, rusty brown. Leaves are elliptic-oblong, subsessile. Inflorescence is in axillary, few-flowerd clusters. Capsule is hispid, obovoid. Seeds are oblong.
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : June-February
- Comments : Common weed in waste places of low elevation forests.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); East Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district, Nallamalai Hills (Kurnool district), Chittoor district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Dharmapuri district, Kothur R.F. (Vellore district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State)
- World Distribution : Tropical Africa, China, India, Malesia, Indo-China, Philippines
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Spermacoce articularis. Downloaded on 28 September 2024.
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