Acmella calva (Dc.) R.K.Jansen

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Acmella

Characteristics

A herb.
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Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows at about 1,500 m above sea level in Nepal.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The flowers are eaten as a vegetable. The shoots and young leaves are eaten with alkali solution and dried fish.
Uses medicinal
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Diuretic (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Lithontriptic (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Sialogogue (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Gum (unspecified), Scurvy (unspecified), Anesthetic (unspecified), Psoriasis (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Scabies (unspecified), Throat (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified)
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Images

Acmella calva unspecified picture

Distribution

Acmella calva world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:914768-1
WFO ID wfo-0000046195
COL ID 64L7K
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Synonyms

Spilanthes calva Acmella calva Spilanthes callimorpha Spilanthes rugosa var. rugosa Spilanthes rugosa var. truncata Spilanthes acmella var. calva