Plant Details

Accepted name:: Achyranthes bidentata Blume [Amaranthaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
achyranthes	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
achyranthes root	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
achyranthis bidentatae radix	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
achyranthis radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
apamarg#	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
apamarga	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun, India (Bhatt et al., 2013)
ch'uan niu ch'i	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chalway	Other	Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
chuan niu hsi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
datiwan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hinata-ino-kozuchi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hinata-inokozuti	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
huai hiu hsi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
huai niou shi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
huainiuxi	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
hóng niú xī	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
inokadzuchi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
inoko-dzuchi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
inokozuti	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
japanese chaff flower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese chaff-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kaadu uttharaani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lel-mo-ses	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
naayurivi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nayuruvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ngau ts'at	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ngow chat	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ngưu tất	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
niou si	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
niu ch'i	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
niu chit	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
niu hsi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
niu hsi chiu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
niu xi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
niuxi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
niúxī	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
okera	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
oxknä	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
phrekphrek	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pigs' knee	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
puthknda	Other	Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba District, India (Rani et al., 2013)
putkanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
radix achyranthis bidentatae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rough chaff#	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
shveta apaamaarga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shān niú xī	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
soei in soei in taloen	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
soemurub	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
t'ien ch'uan hsi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
too-inokozuti	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
two tooth achyranthes root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
two-toothed chaff-flower	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
twotooth achyranthes	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
twotoothed achyranthes root	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
ゴシッ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
ゴシツ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
土牛膝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山牛膝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
怀牛膝	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
懷牛膝	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
牛膝	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
牛膝茎叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
红牛膝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Roots, leaves, flowers		Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun, India (Bhatt et al., 2013)
root, seed		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
roots, seeds, leaves		Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba District, India (Rani et al., 2013)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Root		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
root	dried root	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
root	root	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
root		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 30 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Achyranthes bidentata var. japonica Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 132 (1865).
Achyranthes bidentata var. longifolia Makino Exsicc. (Herb. Sci. Coll. Univ. Tokyo) 1894: ? (1894).
Achyranthes fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 422 (1904).
Achyranthes japonica (Miq.) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 34: 39 (1920).
Achyranthes longifolia (Makino) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 180 (1914).
Achyranthes aspera var. fruticosa (Lam.) Boerl. Ned. Kruidk. Arch., ser. 2, 5: 423 (1891).
Achyranthes bidentata var. hachijoensis (Honda) H.Hara Fl. E. Himal.: 635 (1966).
Achyranthes bidentata f. rubra F.C.Ho Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 25(2): 230 (1979).
Achyranthes bidentata var. tomentosa (Honda) H.Hara Fl. E. Himal.: 635 (1966).
Achyranthes bidentata var. villosa J.L.Lin Acta Phytotax. Sin. 34: 275 (1996).
Achyranthes chinensis Osbeck Dagb. Ostind. Resa: 205 (1757).
Achyranthes fauriei var. japonica (Miq.) Hiyama J. Jap. Bot. 36: 126 (1961).
Achyranthes fauriei f. rotundifolia Ohwi Fl. Jap., ed. 2: 1437 (1965).
Achyranthes fauriei var. tomentosa Honda Nom. Pl. Japonic., ed. emend.: 373 (1957).
Achyranthes fruticosa Lam. Encycl. 1: 545 (1785).
Achyranthes hispida Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 312 (1849).
Achyranthes japonica var. hachijoensis Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 371 (1932).
Achyranthes japonica var. katsuudakemontana Tawada Biol. Mag. 7(5): 31 (1968 publ. 1969).
Achyranthes javanica Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 312 (1849), nom. illeg.
Achyranthes lanceolata Klein ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6929 (1832), not validly publ.
Achyranthes longifolia f. rubra F.C.Ho Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 25(2): 231 (1979).
Achyranthes megaphylla Y.H.Li Guihaia 9: 26 (1989), nom. illeg.
Achyranthes mollicula Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 34: 40 (1920).
Achyranthes ogatai Yamam. Icon. Pl. Formosan., Suppl. 3: 23 (1926).
Achyranthes rotundifolia (Ohwi) M.Suzuki J. Geobot. 14: 73 (1966).
Achyranthes ryukyuensis Tawada J. Geobot. 19: 33 (1971).
Achyranthes wightiana Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6928 (1832), not validly publ.
Centrostachys bidentata (Blume) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 75 (1915).
Centrostachys fruticosa (Lam.) Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 76 (1915).
Centrostachys moquinii Standl. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 76 (1915).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Achy ranthes bidentata Bl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Achyrantes bidentata BL.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Achyrantes bidentata Bl.	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Achyranthes bidentata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Achyranthes bidentata BL.	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Achyranthes bidentata Bl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Achyranthes bidentata Bl. var. longifolia Makino	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Achyranthes bidentata Blanco var japonica Miq.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Achyranthes bidentata Blume	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba District, India (Rani et al., 2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun, India (Bhatt et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Achyranthes bidentata Blume var japonica	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Achyranthes bidentata Blume.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Achyranthes bidentata var japonica	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Achyranthes bidentata var japonica Miq.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Achyranthes bidentataBlume	Pl. for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Achyranthes fauriei	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Achyranthes fauriei H. Lev. & Vaniot	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Achyranthes fauriei H. Lév. & Vaniot	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Achyranthes fauriei Laveille et Vaniot	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Achyranthes fauriei Lev. & Van.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Achyranthes fauriei Leveille & Vaniot	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
Achyranthes fauriei Leveilleá et Vaniot	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
Achyranthes fauriei Leveillé et Vaniot	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
Achyranthes japonica	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Achyranthes japonica (Miq.) Nak.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Achyranthes japonica (Miq.) Nakai	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Achyranthes japonica Nakai	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Achyranthes longifolia (Makino) Makino	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Achyranthus japonica	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Achysanthes bidentata Blume var. bidentata	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Arhyranthes longifolia	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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