Details for: PI 543771, Acmella oleracea (L.) R. K. Jansen, Matune (Chimane)


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Acmella oleracea (L.) R. K. Jansen
Top Name:
Matune (Chimane)
Origin:
Collected – Bolivia
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Acmella oleracea (L.) R. K. Jansen
Top Name:
Matune (Chimane)
Origin:
Collected – Bolivia
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
04 October 1988.
Bolivia
Locality: Dooryard gardens, Cero Ocho, Chimane Indian community on the Rio Curiraba, 17km NNE of the Estacion Biologica Beni, Beni Department, Yacuma Province.
Coordinates: -14.5000, -66.5000 (Map it)
Elevation: 218m.

Collector(s):
Donated
November 1989.
New York, United States
Comment: Collected in Northern Bolivia, September 8, 1988 through December 12, 1988
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Matune (Chimane)
Type: Local name

Yambu (Spanish)
Type: Local name

735
Type: Donor identifier

DEW 0888
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Plants 25cm tall, herbaceous. Flowers yellow in ovoid capitula. Cultivated by Indians for use as a remedy for toothache and rheumatism. A chewed or macerated capitulum produces a numbing, anasthetic sensation.
Acmella oleracea (L.) R. K. Jansen
Genus:
Acmella
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Heliantheae
Nomen number:

311860
Place of publication:

Syst. Bot. Monogr. 8:65. 1985
Verified:
10/30/1990 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Spilanthes oleracea L.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishBrazilian cress  1Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
EnglishPara cress  1American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce
Englishtoothacheplant  1American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce
Frenchcresson du Brazil  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Frenchcresson du Para  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
GermanParakresse  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Portuguesejambu  2Rodrigues, D. S. et al. 2014. Influência da adubação com nitrogênio e fósforo na produção de Jambu, Acmella oleracea (L.) R. K. Jansen. Revista Brasil. Pl. Med. 16:71-76.
Swedishparakrasse  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 08 Aug 1995, from Spilanthes spp. to Acmella oleracea (L.) R. K. Jansen
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  • Located at NY. Inventory sample: PI 543771.
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