| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Achyranthes argentea var. borbonica Berhaut;
Achyranthes porphyristachya Wall. ex Moq. (Unresolved); |
| Plant Common Name | : | - |
| Plant Family | : | Amaranthaceae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Vairat |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew_2617487
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/262796 |
| 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 : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Caryophyllidae |
| Order | : Caryophyllales |
| Family | : Amaranthaceae - Amaranth family |
| Genus | : Achyranthes L. - chaff flower |
| Species | : Achyranthes aspera L. var. porphyristachya (Wall. ex. Moq.) Hook. f. |
