Borreria ocimoides (Burm.f.) DC.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Rubiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Annual, 6 dm. high or less, slender, erect or sometimes diffusely branched, glabrous, the stem and branches 4-angled. Leaves linear to oblong-elliptic, or the lower spatulate, 0.5-2.5 cm. long, 1-8 mm. wide, acute, short-petioled; stipular sheath with setaceous teeth 2-3 mm. long; glomerules several-many flowered, 6-8 mm. in diameter; calyx-teeth 4, subulate, about 0.7 mm. long; corolla white, a little shorter than the calyx-teeth, its lobes ovate; fruit ellipsoid to obovoid, pubescent, nearly 1 mm. long.
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Distribution
South Caicos, Mariguana : Florida ; West Indies ; continental tropical America ; East Indies. Slender Borreria.
Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|