Richardia brasiliensis Gomes

English: Tropical Mexican Clover

Mandarin: 巴西墨苜蓿 (ba xi mo mu xu)

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Rubiaceae (62)(family description)

          Genus: Richardia (3)

            Epithet: brasiliensis Gomes (2)

Synonyms: Richardia adscendens (DC.) Steud., Richardia emetica (Mart.) Schult., Richardia rosea (A.St.-Hil.) Schult., Richardia sericea Walp., Richardia villosa Sessé & Moc. ex DC., Richardsonia adscendens DC., Richardsonia brasiliensis (Gomes) Klotzsch, Richardsonia emetica Mart., Richardsonia rosea A.St.-Hil., Richardsonia sericea Walp., Spermacoce ascendens Sessé & Moc., Spermacoce hexandra A.Rich.

adscendens => rising upwards

ascendens => climbing, ascending, rising

brasiliensis => of Brazilian origin

emetica => emetic, induces vomiting

hexandra => six-stamened

rosea => rose or pale red-pink coloured

sericea => silky, covered with silky pubescence

villosa => hairy or shaggy

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink, white

Check for Richardia brasiliensis at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [348] Richardia brasiliensis - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1808] Richardia brasiliensis - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.