Hemmugulu / Toothache Plant
Spilanthes paniculata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- October-April
How to identify Hemmugulu
Identify Hemmugulu by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Hemmugulu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Spilanthes paniculata
- Genus
- Spilanthes
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded forests and fallow lands
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesis, America and New Guinea, Nepal, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, Sri Lanka, Panama
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-April
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hemmugulu itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hemmugulu itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Adi
- Adi Marsang, Marsang
- Bodo
- usumai
- Assamese
- বন নাৰ্জী bon narji, জাতি মালাকাঠি jati-malkathi, পাৰ্বতী বন parbati-bana
- Garo
- rupuji dol
- Gujarati
- મરેઠી marethi
- Kannada
- ಹೆಮ್ಮುಗುಳು hemmugulu, ಸಣ್ಣ ವನ ಮುಗುಳಿ sanna vana muguli
- Konkani
- अकलकरा akalkara
- Malayalam
- അക്രാവ് akravu, പല്ലുവേദനച്ചെടി palluvedanachedi
- Marathi
- अक्कलकारा akkalkara
- Mizo
- An'sa-te
- Nepali
- लाटो घाँस laato ghaans, मारती maaratee
- Odia
- ବିରି ବିରି biri biri
About Hemmugulu
Toothache Plant (Spilanthes paniculata) is a herb in the Asteraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in degraded forests and fallow lands. Flowering and fruiting run from October to April.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Hemmugulu belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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