Dear Balkar Ji, This plant is indeed *Acmella oleracea* (L.) R. K. Jansen, Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8: 65. 1985. I collected this as a herbarium specimen from Panchmari Reserve forest during my Master classes. ** *Synonym:**Spilanthus oleracea* L., Syst. Nat. 2: 534. 1767; Li, Fl. Taiwan 4: 945, *pl*. *1256* [ as *Spilanthus* *acmella* (L.) Murr.]. 1978; Huang, Fl. Taiwan 6: 141. 1979 (as *S*. *oleracea* “Clark”).
*Common Name:* toothache plant, paracress, eyeball plant, peek-a-boo plant *Description:* Plants annual. Stems decumbent to usually erect, not rooting at nodes, green to red, glabrous. Petiole 2-6.4 cm long, glabrous to very sparsely pilose, narrowly winged. Leaf blade 5-10×4-8 cm, broadly ovate to deltate, base truncate to short attenuate, apex short acuminate to usually acute, usually glabrous on both surfaces, margins dentate. Peduncle 3.5-12.5 cm long, glabrous to very sparsely pilose. Heads discoid, 10.5-23.5 mm tall, 11-17 mm in diam. Receptacle 8.3-21.5 mm tall, 3.5-8.5 mm in diam. Involucral bracts 15-18, triseriate, herbaceous, entire to sinuate, sparsely ciliate; bracts of outer series 5 or 6, 5.8-7.3×2.1-2.8 mm, usually narrowly ovate to lanceolate or sometimes ovate, acute. Disc florets 400-600; corolla 2.7-3.3 mm long, yellow, 5-merous; tube 0.5-0.7 mm long, 0.2-0.4 in diameter; lobes 0.3-0.6×0.2-0.4 mm; stamens 1.4-1.7 mm long; achenes 2-2.5×0.9-1.1 mm, moderately to densely ciliate with straight-tipped hairs. Pappus of 2 subequal bristles, longer one 0.5-1.5 mm long, shorter one 0.3-1.3 mm long. *Medicinal Properties:*The toothache plant requires constant moisture in order to prevent wilting, but do not overwater. The plant grows well in high humidity. Dead head the flowers after they have bloomed. This plant needs a well-drained soil and benefits from a layer of mulch. Regular light fertilizer applications are also beneficial Regards Tanay On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > You are right Balkar ji > It is Acmella oleracea > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear All >> Asteraceae Herb for Id pls >> My Guess is Acmella.....Sp???? >> Photo taken Chitrakoot (MP) 10-12-09 >> >> Regards >> Balkar Singh >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
