Erect tropical daisy
StarEgletes viscosa
Synonyms: Cotula viscosa, Grangea domingensis var. viscosa, Egletes viscosa var. sprucei, Platystephium graveolens, Egletes viscosa f. bipinnatifida, Egletes viscosa var. dissecta
Safety at a glance
No rule in our tables for this herb: pregnancy, breastfeeding, incompatible pairs (十八反 / 十九畏), herb–drug, dose ceiling. This is not a safety clearance.
Not graded — No toxicity grade is recorded. Most herbs in the catalogue carry none.
Traditionally used for
- Digestion
- Bowel health
Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In northeastern Brazilian folk medicine, the dried flower buds of Egletes viscosa (macela) are prepared as an infusion to treat digestive and intestinal disorders, including colic, dyspepsia, heartburn, gastric ulcer and diarrhoea (Mors et al., 2000). The traditional gastroprotective use is supported by pharmacological study showing that extracts and isolated diterpenes protect against ethanol-induced gastric ulceration in mice.
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Botanical Description
Egletes viscosa, known in Brazil as macela or macela-da-terra, is a small, sticky, aromatic annual herb of the aster family, reaching about twenty to forty centimetres, with branching, glandular-hairy stems that feel viscid to the touch. The alternate leaves are oblong to spoon-shaped with toothed or lobed margins and a resinous coating. The branch tips bear small, daisy-like flower heads with white to pale ray florets surrounding a yellow disc, and these dried flower buttons are the part chiefly used. The fruit is a small achene. Native to the seasonally dry intertropical Americas, it is especially common in northeastern Brazil, growing on riverbanks, floodplains and moist sandy ground exposed as waters recede.
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