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Scleromitrion verticillatum is a small perennial herb of the coffee family (Rubiaceae), native to tropical and subtropical Asia and the western Pacific. It is a wild plant of wet tropical habitats and is not a commonly grown garden or houseplant.
Scleromitrion verticillatum is a perennial native to south and southeast Asia. It was originally described as Oldenlandia verticillata L. by Carl Linnaeus in 1767, and later considered part of the genus Hedyotis. It was moved to the genus Scleromitrion by R.J.Wang in 2014.
The chemical compound Kaempferitrin can be isolated from its leaves.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scleromitrion verticillatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
