EPPO Global Database

Spermacoce ocymoides(BOIOC)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-10-13

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: BOIOC
  • Preferred name: Spermacoce ocymoides
  • Authority: Burman

Notes

India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (except Cambodia), Malesia (Malaya, Java, Philippines), New Guinea. Introduced in tropical Africa, South America (Peru, central Brazil to Argentina)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Borreria ocymoides (Burman) de Candolle
Tardavel ocymoides (Burman) Hiern

Common names
Name Language
slender buttonweed English
comino Spanish
garro Spanish (CU)
hierba del pajar Spanish
hierba del toro Spanish