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Achyranthes aspera
Achyranthes aspera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Achyranthes
Binomial name
Achyranthes aspera
Achyranthes asperaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Achyranthes aspera (Common name: Prickly Chaff Flower,[1]
Devil's Horsewhip,[2] Sanskrit: अपामाग� Apamarga) is a species ofplant in the Amaranthaceae family. It is distributed throughout the
tropical world.[3] It can be found in many places growing as an
introduced species and a common weed.[4] It is an invasive species in
some areas, including many Pacific Islands environments.[5]
It is one of the 21 leaves used in the Ganesh Patra Pooja doneregularly on Ganesh Chaturthi day. In Uttar Pradesh the plant is usedfor a great many medicinal purposes, especially in obstetrics andgynecology, including abortion, induction of labor, and cessation of
postpartum bleeding.[6] The Maasai people of Kenya use the plant
medicinally to ease the symptoms of malaria.[7]
Contents
1 Chemical constituents
2 Pharmacology
3 Names
4 References
Chemical constituents
Achyranthes aspera contains triterpenoid saponins which possessoleanolic acid as the aglycone. Ecdysterone, an insect moultinghormone, and long chain alcohols are also found in Achyranthes
aspera.[8]
Pharmacology
Plant shows significant abortifacient activity in mice and rabbits.[9][medical citation needed] An n-butanol extracthas been found to possess contraceptive efficiency in rats which might be assigned to its potent
estrogenicity.[9][medical citation needed]
Names
Achyranthes aspera has different names in various Indian languages.[10]
Sanskrit : Aghata; Khara-manjari; Apamarga
Hindi : Chirchira; Latjira, Onga[11]
Bengali : Apang
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Gujarati : Safed Aghedo, "Anghadi", "Andhedi", "Agado"Kannada : Uttaranee
Malayalam : Kadaladi; Katalati
Marathi : Aghada; Pandhara-aghada
Punjabi : Kutri
Tamil : Nayuruvi; Shiru-kadaladi
Telugu : Antisha; Apamargamu; Uttaraene (ఉత���ణ�)
Sinhala : "Karal heba"; "කර� හැබ"
Indonesia : Jarong
In Afrikaans it is called grootklits and langklitskafblom.[4] In French, herbe à Bengalis, herbe sergen, and
queue de rat.[5] Spanish common names include cadillo chichoborugo, cadillo de mazorca, and mazotillo.[5]
References
1. ^ Flowers of India (http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Prickly%20Chaff%20Flower.html)
2. ^ USDA Plants Profile (http://www.plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACAS)
3. ^ Flora of North America (http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200006961)
4. ̂a b GRIN Species Profile (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?401486)
5. ̂a b c Pacific Islands Ecosystems at Risk (http://www.hear.org/pier/species/achyranthes_aspera.htm)
6. ^ Khan, A. V. and A. A. Khan. Ethnomedicinal uses of Achyranthes aspera L. (Amaranthaceae) in managementof gynaecological disorders in western Uttar Pradesh (India).(http://www.ethnoleaflets.com/leaflets/achyrant.htm) Ethnoleaflets.
7. ^ Bussmann, R. W., et al. (2006). Plant use of the Maasai of Sekenani Valley, Maasai Mara, Kenya.(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475560/) J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 2 22.
8. ^ Indian Herbal Pharmacopia Vol. II, Page-5.
9. ̂a b Indian Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)page-18
10. ^ Dr. K. M. Nadkarni's Indian Materia Medica, Volume 1, Edited by A. K. Nadkarni, Popular Prakashan,Bombay, 1976, pp. 21-2.
11. ^ Chirchita or Onga (Achyranthes aspera var. perphyristachya Hook. F.)(http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/onga.html) Purdue Horticulture.
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