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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MS109 : Achyranthes aspera L. var. porphyristachya (Wall. ex. Moq.) Hook. f.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Caryophyllales
Family : Amaranthaceae - Amaranth family
Genus : Achyranthes L. - chaff flower
Species : Achyranthes aspera L. var. porphyristachya (Wall. ex. Moq.) Hook. f.
Plant Location in Melghat : Vairat  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Amaranthaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Achyranthes argentea var. borbonica Berhaut
Achyranthes porphyristachya Wall. ex Moq. (Unresolved)
Description : Large shrubs up to 1.5. tall. Leaves membranous. Flowers greenish-purple. Straggling subshrubs. Leaves decussate, oblanceate, 3-6 by 2-3 cm, base cuneate, apex acuminate, pubescent, chartaceous. Flowers in terminal and / or axillary spikes, bisexual; bracts and bracteoles spine-tipped; tepals 5, unequal, 1-3 nerved; stamens 5, connate, alternate with fimbriate staminodes; ovary superior, 1-locular, ovule 1, basal. Fruit a dehiscent utricle. Seed 1.
 
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Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :

~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID :