Asteraceae
Jambu
Acmella oleracea
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Acmella
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Common names
By language (29)
- Amharic
- የምድር በርበሬ
- Arabic
- عشبة النتاق
- Bangla
- উষনি শাক
- Chinese
- 印度金鈕扣, 金鈕扣, 金钮扣, 桂圆菊, 金紐扣, 鐵拳頭, 印度金钮扣
- dty
- अकर
- Dutch
- Champagneblad
- English
- Jambu, Paracress, Sechuan buttons, Toothache plant
- Esperanto
- Jambuo
- Finnish
- Parakrassi
- French
- Brèdes mafane, Brede mafane, Brède mafane, Cresson de Para
- German
- Jambu, Pará-Kresse, Zahnweh-Pflanze
- Indonesian
- Legetan
- Italian
- Fiore di Sechuan, Fiore elettrico
- Japanese
- ブレード・マファーヌ, オランダセンニチ
- Korean
- 파라크레스
- Maithili
- अकर
- Malagasy
- Anamalao, Agnamafana
- Malay
- Pokok Jotang
- Malayalam
- പല്ലുവേദനച്ചെടി, കമ്മൽച്ചെടി, മുക്കുത്തിച്ചെടി
- Marathi
- अक्कलकारा, अक्कलकाढा
- mrj
- Спилантес
- Nepali
- अकर
- pdc
- Zaahwehwatzel
- Portuguese
- Jambu, Agrião-do-Pará
- Russian
- Спилантес
- Tamil
- அக்மெல்லா ஓலரேசியா
- Thai
- ผักคราดหัวแหวน
- udm
- Спилантес
- Vietnamese
- Cúc áo hoa vàng
Synonyms
- Anacyclus pyrethraria Spreng.
- Bidens fervida Lam.
- Bidens fusca Lam.
- Bidens oleracea Cav. ex Steud.
- Cotula pyrethraria L.
- Pyrethrum spilanthus Medik.
- Spilanthes acmella var. oleracea (L.) C.B.Clarke
- Spilanthes calva var. oleracea (Jacq.) Mehrotra, Aswal & B.S.Bisht
- Spilanthes fusca Hort.Par. ex Lam.
- Spilanthes oleracea var. fusca (Lam.) DC.
- Spilanthes radicans Schrad. ex DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- February (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: HM Emon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: cristianol1456, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matthew Rozanoff, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sagnik Dutta Roy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: കാക്കര, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: കാക്കര, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rick Chou, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.