Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acharbomdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acharbondi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akalkar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akalkarra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akarkara	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brazilian cress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
brède mafane	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
cresson de para	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
cresson du brazil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cresson du para	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
jambu	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
maharashtri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maratimogga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maratitige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakarmul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
para cress	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
parakrasse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
parakresse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
phak khrat hua wan	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015)
pipu-labo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pipulka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pokarmul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarahattika	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spilanthes	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
spilanthes oleracea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spinach soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spotflower	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
toothache plant	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
toothacheplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ukra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vana-mugali	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanamugali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanamukali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flower, Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Spilanthes acmella var. oleracea (L.) C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 307 (1881).
Spilanthes fusca Lam. Encycl. 1: 416 (1785), not validly publ.
Spilanthes oleracea L. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 2: 534 (1767).
Anacyclus pyrethraria Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 3: 497 (1826).
Bidens acmelloides Bergius Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1768: 245 (1768).
Bidens fervida Lam. Encycl. 1: 415 (1785), nom. superfl.
Bidens fixa Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 3: 307 (1881), sphalm.
Bidens fusca Lam. Encycl. 1: 416 (1785).
Bidens oleracea Cav. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 203 (1840), not validly publ.
Cotula dichotoma Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 464 (1807).
Cotula pyretharia L. Mant. Pl. 1: 116 (1767).
Isocarpha pyrethraria (L.) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. 2. 26: 280 (1823).
Pyrethraria dichotoma Pers. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 420 (1841).
Pyrethrum spilanthus Medik. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 3: 242 (1775), nom. superfl.
Spilanthes calva var. oleracea (Jacq.) Mehrotra, Aswal & B.S.Bisht Companion to Chopra's Gloss. Indian Medicin. Pl.: 143 (1987), without basionym ref.
Spilanthes oleracea var. fusca (Lam.) DC. Prodr. 5: 624 (1836).
Spilanthes radicans Schrad. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 624 (1836), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acmella oleracea	Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Acmella oleracea (L.) K.K.Jansen	Medicinal Plants of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Acmella oleracea (L.) R. K. Jansen	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K. Jansen	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Acmella oleracea L.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Spilanthes acmella (L.) Murray var. oleracea (L.) C.B.Clarke	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Spilanthes acmella Murr. var. oleracea C.B. Clarke	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Spilanthes fusca	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Spilanthes oleracea	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Spilanthes oleracea L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

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