- Source: Spigelia anthelmia
Spigelia anthelmia, the West Indian pinkroot, wormbush, or wormgrass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Loganiaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Florida, and northern South America through to Bolivia and Brazil, and it has been widely introduced to other tropical locales, including western and west-central Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Hainan, and the Bismarck Archipelago. Highly poisonous, it is used as a vermifuge against intestinal worms.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Spigelia anthelmia
- Spigelia
- Cydosia nobilitella
- Danaus eresimus
- List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil
- Plants of the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve
- List of descriptive plant species epithets (A–H)
- List of plants of Burkina Faso
- Andira
