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Spigelia anthelmia - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Spigelia anthelmia - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Spigelia anthelmia - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Spigelia anthelmia - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2004 © Jörn Germer

Spigelia anthelmia - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 5/1999 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 207
Date of entry: 12.12.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Wormbush

German: Wurmkraut

Portuguese: Erva-lombrigueira

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2713)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Loganiaceae (3)(family description)

          Genus: Spigelia (2)

            Epithet: anthelmia L. (1)

anthelmia => anti helminths (parasitic worms)

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink, beige, white

External links

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