Panicled spot flower - Spilanthes paniculata

Common Name :	Toy Chilli.
Botanical Name :	Spilanthes paniculata
Synonym :	Acmella paniculata, Spilanthes acmella.
Family :	Asteraceae (sunflower family)
Photo Taken :	Bangladesh

Panicled spot flower is an annual herb and grows in wet or moisture lands. It is sometimes also known as Toy Chilli. Botanical name of this plant is Spilanthes paniculata. This herb plant belongs to the plant family Asteraceae (Sunflower family).



Panicled spot flower (Spilanthes paniculata) can grow somewhere between 15-25cm in height. Flowers are too small similar to its plant and hardly having any fragrance. Color of the flower is bright yellow. Like any other flowers from Aster family it produces ton of seeds from a single flower. Plant disperses using the seeds or from root, or even from a stem having tiny amount of roots. This plant uses to be considered as an weed, but not that much invasive.



This neglected plant has a lot of herbal medicinal uses and people are using those since long past. This plant is widely available everywhere in Bangladesh.



Photos of Panicled spot flower (Spilanthes paniculata) were taken from Rangamati during July 2011.

This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icflora.blogspot.com/