Acmella paniculata (wall. ex Dc.) R.k.jansen

Panicled spot flower (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Acmella

Characteristics

Herbs, annual. Stems branched, erect or ascending, to 30 cm or more tall, rarely rooting at nodes. Petiole 1-2 cm; leaf blade ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2-4 × 1-2.5 cm, 3-veined, base cuneate, margin entire or coarsely or crenately serrate, apex acute. Capitula discoid, solitary, terminal or axillary, 8.4-12.5 × 6.9-10 mm; peduncles 2.5-16 cm, sparsely pilose; phyllaries 9-12, 2-seriate, ovate-lanceolate, ca. 6 mm, herbaceous, glabrous; receptacle 5-8 × 1.1-3 mm, apex acuminate. Florets 90-200; corollas tubular, minute, 4-or 5-lobed. Achenes obovoid, 3-angled, ca. 3 mm, margin scabrid, apex slightly depressed; pappus of 2 subequal bristles, longer one 0.5-1.1 mm, shorter one 0.4-0.9 mm. Fl. Apr-Nov. 2n = 26.
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A herb. The stem is trailing or climbing. It grows 30 cm tall. The stems can form roots at the nodes. The leaves are oval and 2-4 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. There are rounded teeth along the edge. The flower heads have long stalks.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.35
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OctNovDec
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in moist and boggy ground. It can be in rice fields. In Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The shoots and leaves are cooked with meat and eaten. The flowers are boiled or cooked with rice.
Uses food medicinal poison
Edible flowers leaves shoots
Therapeutic use Inflammation (flower), Pharyngitis (flower), Toothache (flower), Cathartics (root), Xerostomia (seed), Anesthetic (unspecified), Gum (unspecified), Lithontriptic (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Scabies (unspecified), Scurvy (unspecified), Throat (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Psoriasis (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified), Sialogogue (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Nervous system diseases (unspecified), Pharyngitis (unspecified), Tongue diseases (unspecified), Urinary bladder calculi (unspecified), Dysentery (whole plant)
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Cultivation

Plants are grown by seeds.
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Images

Acmella paniculata unspecified picture

Distribution

Acmella paniculata world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Acmella paniculata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:914780-1
WFO ID wfo-0000134003
COL ID 9FBG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 931959
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Synonyms

Acmella paniculata Spilanthes paniculata f. paniculata Acmella paniculata f. paniculata Spilanthes paniculata Spilanthes calva var. calva Spilanthes acmella var. albescentifolia Spilanthes acmella var. typica Spilanthes paniculata f. bicolor Acmella paniculata f. calva Spilanthes acmella var. paniculata