Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acharbomdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acharbondi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acmella oleracea whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
agrião	Other	Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014)
agrião do pará	Other	Trad. Uses of American Pl. spp. (Brandão et al., 2009)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
brède mafane	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
cresson de para	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol. 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
cresson du brazil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cresson du para	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
cressou	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
desi akarkaraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jambu	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
kibana-oranda-senniti	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
mahaaraashtri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maharashtri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maratimogga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maratitige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marethi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mastruco	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
pakarmul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
para cress	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
parakrasse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
parakresse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
phak khrat hua wan	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
ukra	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) 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:
leaves, flowers		Trad. Uses of American Pl. spp. (Brandão et al., 2009)
flower, resin	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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 (L.) 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 pyrethraria 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), not validly publ.
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	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Acmella oleracea (L.) R. K. Jansen	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K. Jansen	Hypothesis to Local Pharmacop., Brazil (Lozano et al., 2014) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. 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 Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Acmella oleracea L.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) 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 acmella var. oleracea	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Spilanthes fusca	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Spilanthes oleracea	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
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)
Spilanthes oleracea Murr.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Spilanthes oleraceae L.	Trad. Uses of American Pl. spp. (Brandão et al., 2009)

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