Acmella alba
(L'Hér.) R.K.Jansen
Asteraceae
Ceratocephalus salivaria (Murray) Kuntze
Spilanthes alba L'Hér.
Spilanthes iolepis A.H.Moore
Spilanthes salivaria Murray
Common Name:
General Information
Acmella alba is an erect, branched, herbaceous perennial plant that can grow up to 70cm tall, sometimes rooting at the lower nodes[
457- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 62
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Year
- 1975
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains the Asclepiadaceae section of the Flora of Panama.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine medicine. It is possibly cultivated as a food plant in Madagascar[
1438- Title
- Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
- Publication
-
- Author
- Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
457- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 62
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Year
- 1975
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains the Asclepiadaceae section of the Flora of Panama.
,
2015- Title
- The Systematics of Acmella (Asteraceae-Heliantheae)
- Publication
- Systematic Botany Monographs, Vol. 8, 1985, pp1-115
- Author
- Jansen R.K.
- Publisher
- American Society of Plant Taxonomists
- Year
- 1985
- ISBN
-
- Description
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Range
S. America - ?Brazil, Peru, Ecuador; C. America - Panama to El Salvador.
Habitat
Open river banks[
521- Title
- Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador.
- Publication
- Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15
- Author
- Vickers W.T.; Plowman T.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History; USA.
- Year
- 1984
- ISBN
- 0015 - 0746
- Description
- Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. A weed of moist places[
457- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 62
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Year
- 1975
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains the Asclepiadaceae section of the Flora of Panama.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Perennial |
| Height | 0.60 m |
| Cultivation Status | Cultivated, Wild |
Cultivation Details
The plant appears to have some toleance to salt in the soil[
457- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 62
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Year
- 1975
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains the Asclepiadaceae section of the Flora of Panama.
].
Edible Uses
Leaves - raw or cooked[
1438- Title
- Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
- Publication
-
- Author
- Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
]. Little eaten in the Americas, though it is used culinarily in Madagascar where it is cultivated and naturalized[
1438- Title
- Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
- Publication
-
- Author
- Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
].
Medicinal
The flower head is placed in the cavity of the decayed tooth as a means of relieving toothache[
521- Title
- Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador.
- Publication
- Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15
- Author
- Vickers W.T.; Plowman T.
- Website
- http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
- Publisher
- Field Museum of Natural History; USA.
- Year
- 1984
- ISBN
- 0015 - 0746
- Description
- Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
,
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
].
The flowers are used to treat various conditions[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
].
The plant is disinfectant[
1669- Title
- An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador
- Publication
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology 111 (2007) 63-81
- Author
- Tene V. et al
- Website
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2006.10.032
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
- 0378-8741
- Description
-
]. An infusion of the mature leaves and flowers, used fresh and usually combined with other herbs, is taken internally and applied topically in the treatment of conditions including tooth decay, hepatic pain, and to speed the healing of wounds[
1669- Title
- An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador
- Publication
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology 111 (2007) 63-81
- Author
- Tene V. et al
- Website
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2006.10.032
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2007
- ISBN
- 0378-8741
- Description
-
].
The plant (part not specified) is used as a dentifrice[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Ken Fern,
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with help from
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