Spermacoce ocymifolia Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.

• Region

  West Indies

• Country

  Dominica

• Locality

  Carib Territory. Banana Fields below Feeder Road. Bataka.

• Coordinates

  15.5016, -61.2638

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  956.74

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide (Zermoglio et. Unable to locate feeder road, georeferenced to the center of Bataka.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Location Notes

  [West Indies]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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WEST INDIES. Dominica. Carib Territory. Banana fields, below Feeder Road. Bataka. With numerous other species interspersed. Shade, pathside. Herb to lm; leaves rough, green or maroon, thin, lanceolate; flowers white with 4 petals.
n.v.: Z£b Acconet [Creole].
USE: Medicament for general purposes, especially whooping cough and heart attacks {plant part not reported}. Often used in a mixture.
NCI Sample codes: 87a PL(0CUM0155)
James Higgins 87	January 3, 1994 with Prosper Paris
Fieldwork supported by U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Metropolitan Life Foundation<<<OCR