AsteraceaeSubfamily Asteriodeae
Tribe Astereae
Subfamily Asteriodeae
Tribe Senecioneae
Subfamily Asteroideae
Subfamily Asteroideae
Tribe Anthemideae
Subfamily Asteroideae
Tribe Eupatorieae
Subfamily Asteroideae
Tribe Heliantheae
Subfamily Barnesioideae
Tribe Barnedesieae
Subfamily Carduoideae
Tribe Tarchonantheae
Subfamily Cichorioideae
Tribe Lactuceae
W/C = Wild Collected |
Spilanthes oleracea Jacquin
- Common Name: Toothache Plant, Para Cress
- Family: Asteraceae Giseke
- Country of Origin: Brazil
- Habitat:
- Uses: Culinary use of paracress is today restricted to tropical Brazil, particularly the provinces Acre, Amazonas, Pará and Ceará, where the herb is much used in the cooking styles of the indigenous peoples. There, the strach-containing tubers of manioc is a staple, and since that vegetable has a quite bland taste, it is often flavoured with potent spices. For this purpuse, paracress is often used; the leaves are used fresh, added as a whole and eaten as an additional source of vitamins (and flavour).
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Accession Data:- Accession # 200700052
- Source: Jardin Botanique De La Gacilly 2007 Index Seminum
- Accession Date: 03-19-2007
- Bench: 6602 - BPB:6600:Bench 2
- Qty: 4 confirmed on 11-03-2011
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid II
- Order: Asterales
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- Family: Asteraceae
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