Plant Details

Accepted name:: Achyranthes aspera var. indica L. [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Achyranthes aspera L.
Infraspecies:: 8

Achyranthes aspera var. aspera

Achyranthes aspera var. borbonica (Willd. ex Schult.) C.C.Towns.

Achyranthes aspera var. late-ovata Boerl.

Achyranthes aspera var. velutina (Hook. & Arn.) C.C.Towns.

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

Achyranthes aspera var. pubescens (Moq.) M.Gómez

Achyranthes aspera var. rubrofusca (Wight) Hook.f.

Achyranthes aspera var. sicula L.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
iu pungalu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
rabo de gato	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
到繼草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
土牛七	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
土牛膝	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
掇鼻草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
擦鼻草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
毛蟹目	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
紅骨蛇	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
雞骨	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Achyranthes aspera var. obtusifolia (Lam.) Suess. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 152 (1952).
Achyranthes indica (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Achyranthes obtusifolia Lam. Encycl. 1: 545 (1785).
Centrostachys indica (L.) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 75 (1915).
Cadelaria indica (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 39 (1837).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Achyranthes aspera L. indica L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Achyranthes aspera L. obtusifolia (Lam.)Suess.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Achyranthes aspera L. var. indica L.	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Achyranthes indica (L.)Mill.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Achyranthes indica L.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Achyranthes indica Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Achyranthes obtusifolia Lam.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Centrostachys indica (L.)Standl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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