Acmella oleracea
Common name: Toothache Plant
Other common names: Electric Daisy, Eyeball Plant, Para Cress, Szechuan Buttons
Names in non-English languages:
French
Description
Toothache Plant is a medicinal plant originating from South America, its natural range stretching from Amazonia to Southern Brazil.
A perennial herb,
Use
Medicine
Health use
When chewed, the flowers and leaves increase salivation and have a numbing effect on the mucus membranes of the mouth. They have long been used among the indigenous people of Amazonia to stimulate appetite and to treat various mouth and throat ailments, most notably toothache.
Climate
Grows naturally in humid subtropical and tropical climates, generally frost-free areas with annual lows of 12 to 26 °C, annual highs of 23 to 35 °C, annual rainfall of 1200 to 5000 mm and a dry season of 4 months or less.
Growing
New plants are usually started from
Problem features
None known
Where it grows
References
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