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Spigelia anthelmia

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Name

Identification
Spigelia anthelmia L. [family LOGANIACEAE ] (stored under name); Isotype of Spigelia nervosa Steud. [family LOGANIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Spigelia anthelmintica
  • Spigelia humboldtiana
  • Spigelia hamelioides
  • Spigelia lueida
  • Spigelia leiocarpa
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  • Spigelia multispica
  • Spigelia anthelmia
  • Spigelia nervosa
  • Spigelia tetraptera
  • Spigelia laevigata
Common name
  • worm grain; worm grass; worm weed; Indian pink; pink root., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • aparàn from pa: to kill; aràn: worms (JMD) ẹfụle (Doherty) ewé aràn = worm leaf (JMD) ewe aran = velvet leaf (Verger) ewe sanyi(n) (Macgregor; JMD) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • brinvillière; herbe de brinvilliers; herbe à vers., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Spigelia anthelmia Linn. [family LOGANIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Spigelia anthelmia Linn. [family LOGANIACEAE], Sp. Pl. 149 (1753); Leeuwenberg in Acta Bot. Neerl. 10: 461, fig. 1 (1961).
Information
Herb up to 2 ft. high, with pink flowers;common weed of waste places.
Habitat
common weed of waste places
Range
Native of tropical America and naturalised in W. Africa, Congo and Ethiopia.
Distribution
Guin.: Conakry (May) Chillou 1453!S. L.: Binkolo (fl. & fr. Aug.) Deighton 1284! Makump (fl. 8 fr. May, Aug.) Deighton 1708! Dawe 505! Njala (fl. 8 fr. Sept.) Payne 5! Rokupr (fl. A fr. May) Jordan 258!Lib.: Monrovia (fl. & fr. Nov.) Linder 1540! Kakata (fl. 8 fr. Dec.-Apr.) Bequaert 189! Sinkor (fl. 8 fr. Jan.) Barker 1069!Iv. C.: Abidjan (Nov.) Leeuwenberg 1925!Ghana: Benso (fl. & fr. July) Andoh FH 5516! Achimota (fl. 8 fr. June) Irvine 1446! Asokwa-Kumasi (fl. 8 fr. Aug.) Darko 708!N. Nig.: Jebba (fl. & ft. Dec.) Hagerup 718!S. Nig.: Lagos (fl. & ft. Oct.) Dalz. 1042!

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