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Borreria hispida (L.) K. Schum.
Common Name : Shaggy buttonweed
Family : Rubiaceae
A procumbent herb with a stout taproot.
Quadrangular, hirsute, hispid or subglabrous,
usually with long internodes.
Leaves subsessile, 1.3-5 cm long and 0.8-2 cm
wide, oblong or elliptic, apex acute, scabrid,
pubescent or nearly glabrous with scabrid or
ciliate margins.
Blue, pale mauve or white, 4-6 together in a
whorl within a stipular cup.
Capsules 5 mm long, hard, usually hairy,
ellipsoid, rounded at both ends.
3-4 mm long, oblong or ovoid, ventrally
grooved, granulate, brown.
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