Common name
English: Devil's horsewhip
Mandarin: 土牛膝 (tu niu xi)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Caryophyllales (114)
Family: Amaranthaceae (17)(family description)
Genus: Achyranthes (1)
Epithet: aspera L. (5)
Synonyms: Achyranthes argentea Lam., Achyranthes obtusifolia Lamarck
argentea => silvery
aspera => rough, sharp to the touch
obtusifolia => with leaves blunt at the apex
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet, pink
External links
Check for Achyranthes aspera at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [183] Achyranthes aspera - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [443] Achyranthes aspera - Plants For A Future database
- [1634] Achyranthes aspera - Flora of China @ efloras.org
Literature
- [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.