Pan India Bouquets

Spilanthes calva DC.

Family : Asteraceae
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
Synonym(s) : Spilanthes callimorpha A.H.Moore
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Acmella calva (DC.) R.K.Jansen
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Weedy situations, 600 - 2000 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Leaves edible.
Key identification features : Achenes completely eciliate and epappose
Flower, Fruit : February-December
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : China (Yunnan) to Tropical Asia
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 162; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1605
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Spilanthes calva. Downloaded on 1 June 2023.