English: Devil's horsewhip

Mandarin: 土牛膝 (tu niu xi)

Kingdom: Plantae (1919)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1830)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (1545)

      Order: Caryophyllales (74)

        Family: Amaranthaceae (11) (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 => blunt-leaved

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink

Check for Achyranthes aspera at The Plant List, 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

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.

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