Rubiaceae
Prostrate false buttonweed
Spermacoce ocymoides
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Spermacoce
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Common names
By language (3)
- Bangla
- অরুণপাতা, কিন্নর, স্পার্মাকোসি ওসিময়ডেস
- English
- Prostrate false buttonweed, False button weed
- Malayalam
- കുടൽച്ചുരുക്കി
Synonyms
- Bigelovia gracilis Spreng.
- Bigelovia laevicaulis Miq.
- Bigelovia ocymoides (Burm.f.) Miq.
- Bigelovia parviflora Spreng.
- Bigelovia stricta (L.f.) Blume
- Bigelovia tenera (R.Br. ex G.Don) Heynh.
- Borreria laevicaulis (Miq.) Ridl.
- Borreria ocymoides (Burm.f.) DC.
- Borreria ocymoides var. minorifolia Hochr.
- Borreria ocymoides var. thekkumalensis Sivar. & K.T.Joseph
- Borreria stricta (L.f.) K.Schum.
- Borreria trichantha Miq.
- Spermacoce aspera Vahl
- Spermacoce hirta Sw.
- Spermacoce laevis Spreng.
- Spermacoce microphylla Pohl ex DC.
- Spermacoce ramosa Wall.
- Spermacoce stricta L.f.
- Spermacoce tenera R.Br. ex G.Don
- Spermacoce trichantha (Miq.) Kuntze
- Tardavel ocymoides (Burm.f.) Hiern
- Tardavel stricta (L.f.) Hiern
Photos
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: FarEnd2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.