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Acmella calva (DC.) R.K.Jansen
Synonym
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Ceratocephalus
javanicus
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Family
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Compositae
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Local name
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English - Paracress, Toothache plant
Malayalam - Palluvedanachedi
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Flowering and fruiting period
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February-April
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Distribution
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Indo-Malesia and China
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Distribution in Kerala
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Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Palakkad,
Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Moist localities in
evergreen forests
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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It is used as
an herbal remedy for toothache and oral infections.
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Key
Botanical Characters:
Procumbent scabrid
herbs. Leaves to 4 x 2.5 cm, ovate, base truncate, apex acute, chartaceous.
Heads 10 x 7 mm, solitary, conical. Flowers bisexual; corolla yellow, 2.5 mm
long, tubular, campanulate above; lobes 0.5 mm long, ovate, acute, glabrous.
Achenes obovate, biconvex, dark brown, glandular.
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