Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acmella calva (DC.) 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:
aangaaravalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akalkara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akkalkara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
angaravalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baachanige balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
desi akarkaraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dodda vana mugali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doddavanamuguli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hommugali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hommugali hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hommugali soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadkada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maha akmella	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
marahattikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
marethi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mulmulapatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nar-mundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilamarandaikkodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
norupan chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palvalipoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paracress	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
perunkurinca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanna vana mugali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seeranige hambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sheerange balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sheeranige hambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siranigehambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siruattaankodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanthi balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
小铜锤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flowers, Leaves, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
seed, root, flower		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Spilanthes callimorpha A.H.Moore Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 42: 536 (1907).
Spilanthes calva DC. in R.Wight, Contr. Bot. India: 19 (1834).
Spilanthes javanica Sch.Bip. ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 81 (1856).
Spilanthes rugosa Blume ex DC. Prodr. 5: 625 (1836).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acmella calva (DC.) R. K. Jansen	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Acmella calva (DC.) R.K. Jansen	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Acmella calva (DC.) R.K.Jansen	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Spilanthes callimorpha A. H. Moore	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Spilanthes callimorpha A.H.Moore	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Spilanthes calva	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Spilanthes calva DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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