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Achyranthes aspera L.

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Achyranthes aspera L.
Achyranthes aspera L.
Achyranthes aspera L.
Achyranthes aspera L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAchyranthes acuminata E. Mey. ex Cooke & Wright
synonymAchyranthes canescens R. Br.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Bonsoth
  • Obhat kata
  • Ubhot-kata
  • Ubtisath
  • Ulti hot
  • Uvoti-soth
English
  • Prickly Chaff Flower
Gujarati
  • આઘારો Agharo
Hindi
  • अघाड़ा Aghara
  • चिरचिरा Chirchira
  • तरुण Tarun
  • दुरअभिग्रह Durabhigrah
  • धानुष्का Dhanushka
  • प्रत्यकपुष्पी Pratyakpushpi
  • मधुकर Madhukar
  • मयूर Mayur
  • लटजीरा Latjira
  • वशीर Vashir
Irula
  • Annaiidumudi
  • Irumpuli
  • Naiyurivi
Kannada
  • ಉತ್ತರಾಣೀ Uttaraani
Konkani
  • अघाडो Aghado
Malayalam
  • കടലാടി Katalaati
Manipuri
  • খুজুম্পেৰে Khujumpere
Marathi
  • अघाडा Aghada
  • अपामार्ग Apamarga
  • किणी Kini
  • खरमंजरी Kharamanjari
Other
  • Achyranthes
  • Chaff-flower
  • Crocus Stuff
  • Crokars Staff
  • Devil's Horsewhip
  • Prickly Chaff-flower
  • Prickly Chaff Flower
  • Uthrani
  • अग्घाड Agghada
  • ಉತ್ತರಣೆ Uttarane
Sanskrit
  • अक्षर Akshara
  • अधःघण्टा Adhahaghanta
  • अपामार्ग Apamarga
  • आकृतिःच्छत्रा Akrutihchhatra
  • खरमञ्जरी Kharamanjari
  • प्रत्यञ्च्पुष्प Pratyanchapushpa
  • मयूर Mayur
  • वशीर Vashir
Tamil
  • Naagarkaaimullu
  • Naagarkaai Mullu
  • Naaiyuruvi
  • Naayuruvi
  • அபாமார்க்கம் Apamarkkam
  • ஆகாடம் Akatam
  • நாயுருவி Nayuruvi
Telugu
  • ఉత్తరేణు Uttarenu
  • ప్రత్యక్పుష్పి Pratyak-pushpi
Urdu
  • اگهاڙا Aghara
  • چرچرا Churchura
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Diagnostic Keys
Description
Habit: An errect or straggling herb, upto 70cm.
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    📚 Natural History
    Morphology
    Flower

    In axillary or terminal spikes; yellowish-white. Flowering throughout the year.

    Fruit

    An urticle, falling off with bracteoles and perianths; seed solitary. Fruiting throughout the year.

    Field tips

    The fruit easily sticks to clothes and animal skin. Stem furrowed and tinged red, nodes hairy.

    Leaf Arrangement

    Opposite-decussate

    Leaf Type

    Simple

    Leaf Shape

    Elliptic-obovate

    Leaf Apex

    Obtuse-acute

    Leaf Base

    Cuneate

    Leaf Margin

    Entire

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      An erect undershrub up to 3 ft., lower portion perennial. Leaves opposite, variable. Branches pubescent, striate. Flowers greenish. It is common under growth, with sharp spiny bracteoles and pungent tips of the perianth which sticks to the cloths
      Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
      Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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        📚 Habitat and Distribution
        General Habitat
        Wastelands, road sides
        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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          Abundant in plantation of the hills. Plains upto 1400m. Tropics.
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            Description
            Global Distribution

            India: Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, South India, Uttar Pradesh

            Local Distribution

            Throughout Assam

            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
            Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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              Found along roadsides, and fallow lands from plains to 1400m. Common. Asia to Australia.
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                📚 Occurrence
                No Data
                📚 Uses and Management
                Uses

                System of Medicines Used In

                Homoeopathy
                Homoeopathy
                Ayurveda
                Ayurveda
                Folk medicine
                Folk medicine
                Siddha
                Siddha
                Unani
                Unani
                Traditional chinese medicine
                Traditional chinese medicine
                Sowa-Rigpa
                Sowa-Rigpa
                System Of Medicines Used In

                Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Homoeopathy, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine

                FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=42
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                  Young plant are used as vegetable during April - May, also it has some medicinal value
                  Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                  Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                  Contributors 
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                    The slender roots served as a tooth stick to clean the teeth. Fresh leaves together with other spinach greens are cooked and eaten. The seeds are also cooked and eaten believed to suppress hunger.
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                      Folklore
                      Indigenous Information: The crushed leaves are used to treat dog bites. The stems tied together are used as coarse brooms.
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                        📚 Information Listing
                        References
                        1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=42
                        Information Listing > References
                        1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=42

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                        📚 Meta data
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                        🐾 Taxonomy
                        RootRoot
                        KingdomPlantae
                        PhylumTracheophyta
                        ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                        OrderCaryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
                        FamilyAmaranthaceae
                        GenusAchyranthes
                        SpeciesAchyranthes aspera L.
                        📊 Temporal Distribution
                        📷 Related Observations
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