Fruits & Vegetables: Spilanthes calva

Ritesh Kumar Choudhary

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Jan 8, 2011, 10:55:47 PM1/8/11

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Spilathes calva

Family: Asteraceae

Loc.: Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh (ca 550m)

Uses: Leaves are boiled and eaten

Local name: Adi Marsang

Considered to be a good remedy for toothache.

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Ritesh.

Ritesh Kumar Choudhary

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Jan 8, 2011, 11:06:23 PM1/8/11

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Photo here...

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Ritesh Choudhary

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Jan 8, 2011, 11:12:22 PM1/8/11

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Sorry for the typo..

Pl read it as 'Spilanthes calva'

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Ritesh.

tanay bose

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Jan 9, 2011, 12:20:32 AM1/9/11

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Ritesh ji all you photos and the plant were well organized and informative

It nice to know some uses of plant which we know very little

thanks for you lovely efforts

Tanay

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JM Garg

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Dec 23, 2020, 11:16:33 AM12/23/20

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I think this appears close to Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen as per comparative images at Acmella

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