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Achyranthes aspera (devil's horsewhip)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Achyranthes aspera (common names: chaff-flower, prickly chaff flower, devil's horsewhip, Sanskrit: अपामार्ग apamarga) is a species of plant in the Amaranthaceae family. It is distributed throughout the tropical world. It can be found in many places growing as an introduced species and a common weed. It is an invasive species in some areas, including many Pacific Islands environments.
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Infraspecies

Achyranthes aspera aspera
Achyranthes aspera indica
Achyranthes aspera var. argentea
Achyranthes aspera var. borbonica
Achyranthes aspera var. canescens
Achyranthes aspera var. indica
Achyranthes aspera var. nigro-olivacea
Achyranthes aspera var. pubescens (devil's horsewhip)
Achyranthes aspera var. rubrofusca
Achyranthes aspera var. velutina

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Annual
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [1]  The ash from the burnt plant, often mixed with mustard oil and a pinch of salt, is used as a tooth powder for cleaning teeth; The dried twigs are used as toothbrushes; The ash of the burnt plant is a rich source of potash. It is used for washing clothes;
Height [1]  35 inches (0.9 m)
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Predators

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0