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Scientific Name:- (Spilanthes acmella) Category - Herbal seeds Shape:- Ring Size:-0.5 cm Color: -Brown Usage: – Germination Age: – Fresh Origin: – India Packing: -5, 10,20,25,50 (P/P) Availability :- Throughout the year Details : Common name: Akarkara Hindi Name: Akarkara Botanical name: Spilanthes acmella English Name : Acmella oleracea Family : Asteraceae Spilanthes acmella, also known as Acmella oleracea is a unique and versatile plant that will add texture and interest to your garden. The compact pompom shaped flowerheads that are set atop elongated stems, begin as squat red affairs, they gradually elongate and turn yellow, retaining the red portion at the top. The leaves are dark green and the stems, leaf stalks and veins dark green with bronze-purple tones. An easy to grow and low maintenance plant with a spreading and trailing habit, it can be grown in the ground or makes a wonderful container plant. The pretty yellow and red cone-shaped flowers and leaves are non-toxic and have properties similar to Echinacea, they are used by herbalists to enhance the immune system, improve digestion and help nausea. The name ‘Toothache plant’ comes from the numbing properties it produces when the leaves and flowers are chewed. The plants have long been used in India for the treatment of gum and dental problems. The flowers are the strongest part of the plant. Spilanthes acmella is native to Brazil and Africa. It is a perennial in warmer climates but may be grown as an annual in temperate regions. It is considered frost tender, but it will maintain its greenness after most of your other plants have died from the cold. Harvesting: The leaf and buds may be harvested on an ongoing basis, as often as the plant can afford. For commercial harvest, or to put up a good stock of tincture for the winter, the plant should be harvested at its peak at the end of summer. Culinary Uses: The fresh leaves can be eaten and used sparingly like cress as an additive to salads; they are even combined with chillies to offset the burn. To me, the effect is vaguely recalled or hinted at by French Tarragon or better still by Water Pepper. Medicinal Uses: Toothache plants contain spilanthol which acts as an anaesthetic/analgesic. They also show anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antifungal properties and it is a sialagogue, stimulating the increased flow of saliva and consequently promoting digestion. The entire plant (root, stem, leaf and flower) is medicinally active. The dried plant, especially the dried flower buds retain their “zing” for up to a year after harvest. Spilanthol’s muscle relaxing effects have even meant that an extract of the plant has found its way into high-end face creams that claim to have a natural ‘botox’ effect. Other Uses: Members of the Spilanthes genus have various insecticidal ascribed to it. In particular S. acmella seem to kill the larvae of mosquitoes. Related products 1. shatavari seeds (yellow, white) 2 Ashwagandha seeds 3. Kalmegh seeds 4. munga seeds 5 Amaltas seeds