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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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