Rubiaceae
Madanaghanti
Spermacoce articularis
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Spermacoce
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 鴨舌癀舅, 鸭舌广舅, 糙葉豐花草, 蚕蛹, 长管糙叶丰花草, 糙叶丰花草, 铺地毡草, 鸭舌癀
- English
- Madanaghanti, Shaggy buttonweed
- Malayalam
- കുടൽചുരുക്കി
Synonyms
- Borreria articularis (L.f.) F.N.Williams
- Spermacoce flexuosa Lour.
- Spermacoce longicaulis R.Br. ex G.Don
- Spermacoce ramosissima R.Br. ex Wall.
- Spermacoce scabra Willd.
Photos

Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.