Spermacoce stachydea DC.

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Rubiaceae (62)(family description)

          Genus: Spermacoce (5)

            Epithet: stachydea DC. (1)

Synonyms: Borreria leucadea (Hochst. ex Hiern) K.Schum., Borreria stachydea (DC.) Hutch. & Dalziel, Spermacoce leucadea Hochst. ex Hiern, Spermacoce phyllocephala DC.

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

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