|
Achyranthes aspera var. pubescens
|
|
|
|
Family:
AMARANTHACEAE
|
|
Citation: Achyranthes aspera L. var. pubescens (Miq.) Towns., Kew Bull. 28: 145. 1973; Rani, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 82: 446. 1985; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 328. 1998.
|
|
Malayalam Name(s):
|
|
Tamil name(s):
|
|
English name(s):
|
|
Description:
Erect herbs; stem glabrous. Leaves to 6 x 2.5 cm, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate at apex and base, pubescent above and below; petiole 5 mm long. Spike 5-10 cm long, hispid; bracts 2.5 mm long, lanceolate, aristate; bracteoles orbicular, emarginate at apex, cuspidate, cusp 3 mm long. Flowers many, perpendicular to the axis; outer tepals larger, 5 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, inner smaller with revolute apex; staminal tube truncate, minutely ciliate or glabrous. Achenes 2 mm long, truncate, cuspidate, dark brown.
|
|
Habit:
Herb
|
|
Flowering & Fruiting:
August-January
|
|
District(s):
Idukki
|
|
Medicinal:
|
|
Habitat:
Evergreen forests at high elevations
|
|
Distribution:
India
|
|
Aquatic:
No
|
|
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
|
Saprophyte:
No
|
|
Stem parasite:
No
|
|
Root parasite:
No
|
|
Flower colour(s):
Green, Violet
|
|
Weed:
No
|
|
Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
|
|
Exotic:
No
|
|
Garden:
No
|
|
Edible:
No
|
|
Vegetable:
No
|
|
Endemic to:
|
|
IUCN status:
|
|
Altitude:
|
|
Localities:
Uppermanalar
|