
Asteraceae FAMILY
Acmella ciliata
Acmella ciliata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitPerennial
Growth—
Acmella ciliata is native to northern South America, but can spread as a weed. It has become naturalized in various regions including the Celebes, India, Sumatra and Thailand[1]. Plants can flower all year round
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Acmella+ciliata>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Notes on Acmella (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) in Taiwan — Chung K.F. et al · 2008 ↩︎
- [2]The Systematics of Acmella (Asteraceae-Heliantheae) — Jansen R.K. · American Society of Plant Taxonomists · 1985 ↩︎
- [3]Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North, — Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M. · 2014 ↩︎A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
- [4]Traditional medicinal plant use in Northern Peru: tracking two thousand years of healing culture — Bussmann R.W. & Sharon D. · 2006 · http://10.1186/1746-4269-2-47 ↩︎Includes a list of over 50o species of plants with brief details of their traditional medicinal uses
- [5]Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador — de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba · Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific · 2008 · ISBN 978-9978-77-135-8 ↩︎