Medicinal plant details
Acmella paniculata(Wall. ex DC.) R.K.Jansen
(Akarkara)
| Common name | Akarkara |
| Habit | Herb |
| Habitat | Drier places such as upland fields, waste places, roadsides and riversides |
| Parts used | Root |
Synonyms
| Sr. No. | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| 1 | Spilanthes rugosa Blume ex DeCandolle |
| 2 | Spilanthes calva DC. |
| 3 | Spilanthes calva var. calva – |
| 4 | Spilanthes rugosa var. rugosa – |
| 5 | Spilanthes acmella var. calva (DC.) Clarke ex C.B.Clarke |
| 6 | Spilanthes langbianensis (Gagnep.) Stuessy |
| 7 | Spilanthes rugosa var. truncata Miq. |
| 8 | Spilanthes acmella var. calva (DC.) Clarke ex Hooker f. |
Taxonomical information
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum | Streptophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Asterales |
| Family | Asteraceae |
| Genus | Acmella |
| Species | Acmella paniculata (Wall. ex DC.) R.K.Jansen |
Vernacular names
| Sanskrit | |
| English | Panicled spot flower |
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Morphology
It is an annual or short lived perennial herb, erect or prostrate at the base and rooting at the nodes where upwards often strongly branched. The leave blade is broadly ovate to ovate – triangular and measuring (1 - 12) cm X (0.5 – 7) cm. There are (8 – 14) involucral bracts in 2 rows. The peduncle is up to 16 cm long. The flower heads are radiate or conical, and measuring (10 –15) mm X (8 – 15) mm. The one seeded fruit is (2 – 3) mm long
Distribution
It is distributed in south and southeast Asia, southern China, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Papua New Guinea, Peru and Solomon Islands and India
Medicinal uses
Toothache, rheumatism and fever
References
| 1 | Gupta, D. D., Kalita, P., Tag, H., and Das, A. K. (2014). Assessment Of genetic diversity within and among populations Of Acmella paniculata (Wall. ex DC.) RK Jansen through RAPD and ISSR markers. Journal of Bioresources, 1, 11-15. |