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Taxon:
Acmella oleracea
(L.) R. K. Jansen
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Acmella
Family:
Asteraceae
(alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Heliantheae
Nomen number:
311860
Place of publication:
Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8:65. 1985
Verified:
10/30/1990
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Spilanthes oleracea
L.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
American Herbal Products Association.
1992. Herbs of commerce
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord.
Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
URL:
http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
Note:
naturalized
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Hind, N. & N. Biggs.
2003. 460.
Acmella oleracea
Compositae. Curtis's Bot. Mag. 20:31-39.
Jansen, R. K.
1985. The systematics of
Acmella
(Asteraceae-Heliantheae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8:66.
URL:
http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/SBMweb/index.html
Lim, T. K.
2014.
Acmella olearacea
. Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. Six volumes 7:163-174.
Note:
Springer Science+Business Media B
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Randall, R. P.
2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
URL:
http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf
Note:
=
Spilanthes oleracea
L.
Rodrigues, D. S. et al.
2014. Influência da adubação com nitrogênio e fósforo na produção de Jambu,
Acmella oleracea
(L.) R. K. Jansen. Revista Brasil. Pl. Med. 16:71-76.
URL:
http://www.ibb.unesp.br/#!/departamentos/botanica/publicacoes-e-produtos-academicos/rbpm---revista-brasileira-de-plantas-medicinais/
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
Brazilian cress –
Reference(s)
Para cress –
Reference(s)
toothacheplant –
Reference(s)
French
cresson du Brazil –
Reference(s)
cresson du Para –
Reference(s)
German
Parakresse –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
jambu –
Reference(s)
Swedish
parakrasse –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
2
Cultivated
Northern America
United States
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
only cult.
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
6
Other
probable origin in South America "from
Acmella alba
"
Cultivated
Africa
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Northern America
REGION:
United States
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
(only cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
Other
(probable origin in South America "from
Acmella alba
")
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Hind, N. & N. Biggs.
2003. 460.
Acmella oleracea
Compositae. Curtis's Bot. Mag. 20:31-39.
Human food
vegetable
fide Syst Bot M 8:66. 1985
Jansen, R. K.
1985. The systematics of
Acmella
(Asteraceae-Heliantheae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8:66.
URL:
http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/SBMweb/index.html
Medicines
folklore
as
Spilanthes oleracea
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Non-vertebrate poisons
potential for disease vector control
Jansen, R. K.
1985. The systematics of
Acmella
(Asteraceae-Heliantheae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8:66.
URL:
http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/SBMweb/index.html
Name
References