Non scientific name details for para cress - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

para cress

3 Accepted name(s) for "para cress":

Accepted name
Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson
Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen
Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass.

6 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Drug form:	Plant parts:
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)	Spilanthes acmella	Spilanthes acmella (L.) L.	Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Spilanthes acmella (L.) L.	Spilanthes acmella (L.) L.	Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)	Spilanthes acmella	Spilanthes acmella (L.) L.	Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)	Acmella oleracea (L.) R. K. Jansen	Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen	Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Spilanthes oleracea L.	Spilanthes oleracea L.	Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)	Spilanthes oleracea	Spilanthes oleracea L.	Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)	Spilanthes oleracea Murr.	Spilanthes oleracea L.	Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen	oil	flower, resin
Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)	Spilanthes uliginosa Sw.	Spilanthes uliginosa Sw.	Acmella uliginosa (Sw.) Cass.

16 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "para cress":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
brazilian cress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bresil cress	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
cresson de para	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
cresson du brazil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cresson du para	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
desi akarkaraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mahaaraashtri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
marethi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mastruco	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
parakrasse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
parakresse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spilanthes	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
spotflower	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
toothache plant	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
toothacheplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ukra	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)