- Family : RUBIACEAE
(Madder Or Coffee Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : COFFEE FAMILY (कॉफी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rubiaceae
- Basionym : Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f.
- Synonym(s) : Borreria ocymoides var. thekkumalensis Sivar. & K.T.Joseph
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Spermacoce ocymoides Burm.f.
- Vernacular name :
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Foot hill, scrub forests and wasteland
- Comments / notes : On hills up to 1400m , on bare slopes along the wayside in thin layer of soil
- Flower, Fruit : July-February
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Kolar district, Hassan district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Thane district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Salem district, Dharmapuri district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 2.
- Sivarajan & Joseph 1979
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Borreria ocymoides. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.
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