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Spermacoce verticillata

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID643fed3804c4b128989646
Scientific name Spermacoce verticillata
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 102 (1753)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
• Cut foliage and dried plants for ornamental use in landscaping and xeriscaping, with plants sold through horticultural nurseries and catalogs.

Industrial and craft applications:
• None reported; the species is not cited as a source of timber, fiber, gum/resin, tannins, or dyes in standard technical references.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
• None reported; no documented food use, beverages, or edible products are recorded in reliable sources.

Colorants and tanning:
• None reported; no documented use of the plant for dye, ink, or tannin production.

Wood and fiber:
• Not a timber species; wood/fiber uses are not documented.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
• No essential oil, fragrance material, or cosmetic ingredient uses are reported in recognized standards (e.g., ISO, IFRA) or databases.

Properties relevant to use:
• No established physical/chemical properties (e.g., fiber strength, oil composition, gum viscosity, dye chromophores) are documented for the species that support industrial or craft applications.

Standards and regulation:
• None applicable beyond general plant-related regulations for ornamental trade (e.g., no food, cosmetic, or colorant standards apply, as these uses are not reported).

Sustainability and sourcing:
• Supply is horticultural; cultivated propagation is the typical source for ornamental plants. No sustainability or sourcing concerns are documented in trade or conservation assessments.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Spermacoce globosa Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 73 (1827)
Spermacoce graminifolia Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 58 (1881)
Spermacoce minima Pohl ex DC. Prodr. 4: 560 (1830)
Spermacoce molleri (Gand.) Govaerts World Checkl. Seed Pl. 2: 17 (1996)
Spermacoce mucronata Nees Horae Phys. Berol. : 49 (1820)
Spermacoce oaxacana Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 59 (1881)
Spermacoce oligodonta (Steyerm.) Govaerts World Checkl. Seed Pl. 2: 18 (1996)
Spermacoce podocephala C.Wright Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 6: 174 (1869)
Spermacoce polycephala Bartl. ex DC. Prodr. 4: 558 (1830)
Spermacoce pygmaea C.Wright Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 6: 149 (1869)
Spermacoce reclinata Nees Horae Phys. Berol. : 50 (1820)
Spermacoce stellata Willd. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 3: 530 (1818)
Tardavel verticillata Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 508 (1898)
Bigelovia verticillata Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 404 (1824)
Borreria globularioides Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 3: 312 (1828)
Borreria graminifolia M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(1): 129 (1844)
Borreria kohautiana Cham. & Schltdl. Linnaea 3: 311 (1828)
Borreria laevigata M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(1): 130 (1844)
Borreria minima DC. Prodr. 4: 542 (1830)
Borreria molleri Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 34 (1918)
Borreria oaxacana M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 11(1): 130 (1844)
Borreria oligodonta Steyerm. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 826 (1972)
Borreria podocephala DC. Prodr. 4: 542 (1830)
Borreria stricta G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. : 83 (1818)
Borreria suaveolens f. rigidior Miq. Linnaea 18: 298 1845
Borreria verticillata G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. : 83 (1818)
Borreria verticillata var. brevifolia DC. Prodr. 4: 541 (1830)
Borreria verticillata var. caesia Chodat Bull. Herb. Boissier 7(App. 1): 85 (1899)
Borreria verticillata var. thymiformis B.L.Rob. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 45: 410 (1910)
Borreria podocephala var. pumila Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. 175. 1860
Spermacoce polycephala (DC.) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2(7): 60 1881
Tardavel podocephala (DC.) Conz. Fl. Taxon Mex. (Conzatti) 13: 84. 2012 [1945 publ. 30 May 2012]
Spermacoce fruticosa Pohl ex DC. Prodr. 4: 541 (1830)
Spermacoce hyssopifolia Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 123 (1805)
Spermacoce laeta Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 60 (1796)
Spermacoce laevigata (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 59 (1881)
Spermacoce thymocephala (Griseb.) Wright

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Language Common/alternative name
English shrubby false buttonweed
Bambara basaku
French borréria verticillé
French faux ipéca
French borreria verticillata
Chinese 轮叶丰花草

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Canary Islands
      • Cape Verde
    • Middle Atlantic Ocean
      • Ascension
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Réunion
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
      • India
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • Thailand
    • Malesia
      • Malaya
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
  • Pacific
    • South-central Pacific
      • Line Islands
      • Society Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Gilbert Islands
      • New Caledonia
      • Niue
      • Vanuatu
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
      • Brazil West-central
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Southwest Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Paraguay
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Bolivia
      • Colombia
      • Peru

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000312826
Florida Plant Atlas 1530
USDA Plants SPVE2
Tropicos 27904520
INPN 448289
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:767031-1
The Plant List kew-193935
Observations.org 209988
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0020823786
Nature Serve 2.138718
IPNI 767031-1
iNaturalist 169171
GBIF 2918574
EOL 1093183
Elurikkus 332977
USDA GRIN 446798
Wikipedia Spermacoce_verticillata
Open Tree Of Life 606235

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
Title Authors Publication Released IDs
New Chemical Constituents from <i>Borreria verticillata</i> (Rubiaceae) Vinicius F. Moreira, Rodrigo R. Oliveira, Leda Mathias, Raimundo Braz‐Filho, Ivo J. Curcino Vieira Wiley 16-Sep-2010
doi:10.1002/HLCA.200900457
Iridoids from <i>Borreria verticillata</i> Ivo J. C. Vieira, Leda Mathias, Raimundo Braz-Filho, Jan Schripsema American Chemical Society (ACS) 26-Jul-2002
doi:10.1021/OL990811B
Spermacoceine, a bis-indole alkaloid from Borreria verticillata A.M. Baldé, L.A. Pieters, A. Gergely, V. Wray, M. Claeys, A.J. Vlietinck Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/0031-9422(91)85294-A
La borrerine: Nouvel alcaloïde isolé du Borreria verticillata Jean-Louis Pousset, Joseph Kerharo, Guy Maynart, Xavier Monseur, Andre Cavé, Robert Goutarel Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/0031-9422(73)85148-9

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Harmala alkaloids
(1S)-2-methyl-1-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-1,3,4,9-tetrahydropyrido[3,4-b]indole 134860448 Click to see CC(=CC1C2=C(CCN1C)C3=CC=CC=C3N2)C 240.34 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(73)85148-9
Borrerine 182658 Click to see 240.34 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(73)85148-9
https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(91)85294-A
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Butyrophenones
1-(1H-indol-6-yl)-3-methylbutan-1-one 130015562 Click to see CC(C)CC(=O)C1=CC2=C(C=C1)C=CN2 201.26 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900457
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Iridoid O-glycosides
6alpha-Hydroxygeniposide; Deacetylasperulosidic acid methyl ester 3515876 Click to see COC(=O)C1=COC(C2C1C(C=C2CO)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O 404.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900457
Cyclopenta[c]pyran-4-carboxylic acid, 1,4a,5,7a-tetrahydro-5-hydroxy-1-[[6-O-[2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)ethyl]-I(2)-D-glucopyranosyl]oxy]-7-(hydroxymethyl)-, methyl ester, (1S,4aS,5R,7aS)- 102052890 Click to see 478.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900457
Daphylloside 21602024 Click to see 446.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/OL990811B
Methyl 1-[6-(1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yloxymethyl)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-7-(hydroxymethyl)-1,4a,5,7a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[c]pyran-4-carboxylate 163035920 Click to see COC(=O)C1=COC(C2C1C(C=C2CO)O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)COC(CO)CO)O)O)O 478.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900457
Methyl 7-(acetyloxymethyl)-5-hydroxy-1-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1,4a,5,7a-tetrahydrocyclopenta[c]pyran-4-carboxylate 12309039 Click to see 446.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/OL990811B
Scandoside, methyl ester 442433 Click to see 404.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900457
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / O-glycosyl compounds
[5-(hexopyranosyloxy)-1-oxo-2a,4a,5,7b-tetrahydro-1H-2,6-dioxacyclopenta[cd]inden-4-yl]methyl acetate 233330 Click to see CC(=O)OCC1=CC2C3C1C(OC=C3C(=O)O2)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O 414.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/OL990811B
https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900457
Asperuloside 84298 Click to see CC(=O)OCC1=CC2C3C1C(OC=C3C(=O)O2)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O 414.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900457
https://doi.org/10.1021/OL990811B
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Indoles and derivatives / Indoles
5-methoxy-4-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)-1H-indole 102052891 Click to see 215.29 unknown https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900457
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Indoles and derivatives / Pyrroloindoles
2-[2-(12,14,14,19-tetramethyl-8,19-diazapentacyclo[7.7.3.01,9.02,7.010,15]nonadeca-2,4,6,11-tetraen-16-yl)-1H-indol-3-yl]ethanol 163049357 Click to see CC1=CC2C(C(C34C2(NC5=CC=CC=C53)N(CC4)C)C6=C(C7=CC=CC=C7N6)CCO)C(C1)(C)C 467.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(91)85294-A
2-[2-[(1S,9R,10S,15R,16R)-12,14,14,19-tetramethyl-8,19-diazapentacyclo[7.7.3.01,9.02,7.010,15]nonadeca-2,4,6,11-tetraen-16-yl]-1H-indol-3-yl]ethanol 14892661 Click to see 467.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(91)85294-A
N-Methyl-2-((4aS,4bR,9bS,10R,10aR)-2,4a,10,10a-tetrahydro-1,1,3,13-tetramethyl-1H,5H-4b,9b-(iminoethano)indeno(1,2-b)indol-10-yl)-1H-indole-3-ethanamine 442020 Click to see 480.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(91)85294-A
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Indoles and derivatives / Tryptamines and derivatives
2-[2-[(6R,6aS,10aS)-7,7,9-trimethyl-11-[2-(methylamino)ethyl]-6,6a,8,10a-tetrahydroisoindolo[2,1-a]indol-6-yl]-1H-indol-3-yl]-N-methylethanamine 57412092 Click to see 480.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(91)85294-A
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Lactones / Gamma butyrolactones
Borreriagenin 44583980 Click to see 214.21 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/OL990811B
Morindacin 75051830 Click to see C1=C(C(C2C1OC(=O)C2CO)CO)CO 214.21 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/OL990811B

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