Plant Details

Accepted name:: Achyranthes bidentata Blume [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
achyranthes	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
achyranthes root	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
achyranthis bidentatae radix	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
achyranthis radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 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 Himalaya (Bhatt et al., 2013)
chalway	Other	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
datiwan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hinata-ino-kozuchi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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)
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)
ngưu tất	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
niou si	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
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 Plants 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) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
niúxī	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
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) Pharmacopoeia 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)
soemurub	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
ゴシッ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
ゴシツ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 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 Plants 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	Pharmacopoeia 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. Meds 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 Himalaya (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 Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (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. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root	root	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 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. Jap., 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.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Achyranthes bidentata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 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.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants 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 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 Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 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 Himalaya (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 (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Achyranthes bidentata Blume.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Achyranthes bidentata var japonica	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. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Achyranthes fauriei	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 Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Achyranthes fauriei Leveilleá et Vaniot	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
Achyranthes fauriei Leveillé et Vaniot	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
Achyranthes japonica (Miq.) Nak.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (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 Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 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)
Achysanthes bidentata Blume var. bidentata	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Arhyranthes longifolia	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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