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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH380 : Achyranthes coynei

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 47  
Class : Equisetopsida
Order : Caryophyllales
Family : Amaranthaceae - Amaranth family
Genus : Achyranthes
Species : Achyranthes coynei
Plant Location in Melghat : Makhala  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Rare, Endemic  
Plant Family : Amaranthaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Lal Agada, Pink Chaff Flower, Coyne's Chaff Flower
 
Synonym : Achyranthes coynei Sant.
Description : an erect herb, commonly found as a wasteland herb. It can be distinguished from the more common Prickly Chaff Flower by the fact that the tiny flowers are distinctly pink, whereas they are greenish in Prickly Chaff Flower.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : Leaves are used in treatment of various disorders by folk healers. Antimicrobial and Antioxidant properties; fever, cough, piles etc. Root powder given internally to kill intestinal worms. Root and stem powder with milk given in general debility. Plant decoction given for easy delivery. (Bhogaonkar and Devarkar 2002)
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : -
Reference : ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID :

~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Some unique ethnomedicinal plants of Korkus of Melghat Tiger Reserve (Maharashtra) "; Ethnobotany (2002); 14: 16-19 PMID :