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Achyranthes aspera

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Identification
Achyranthes aspera L. [family AMARANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Henry Trimen,
Related name
  • Achyranthes canescens
  • Achyranthes crispa
  • Achyranthes velutina
  • Achyranthes australis
  • Achyranthes indica
  • Achyranthes sp.
  • Achyranthes porphyristachya
  • Achyranthes argentea
  • Achyranthes aspera
  • Achyranthes mauritiana
Common name
  • weknawuhi (Edgar) (NIGERIA, GWARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • sien doro nani (JB, ex K&A) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • prickly chaff flower; snake’s tail (Kenya, E. Polhill)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ọ́kpọ̀kọ̀ údọ̀k mbieèt (KW) (NIGERIA, EFIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ndatukan bugor (JGA) nobisindaq = ear of the lizard (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kebbe jawle = Guinea-fowl’s bur-grass (MM) kure pallaandi = lizard’s arrows (JMD) mbagga (MM) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • mboratad (JB, ex K&A) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • assiadiomo (B&D) (IVORY COAST, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kiban к̉adangaru (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA (West)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ņlí átụ́lụ̄ = sheep’s food (NWT) (NIGERIA, IGBO (Agukwu)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • aboro (auctt.) èèmá àgbò (Abraham) èèmá-àgbò (N&E) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • hákoórín máciìjií = snake’s tooth (auctt.) к̉aimin kadangaree = lizard’s spur (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kebbe jawle (PF) mbagga (PF) (NIGER, FULA-FULFULDE (Niger)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • (‘Ibugo’) ọ́dụ̀dụ́ ngwèlè = lizard’s tail (KW) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • (Berhaut) — queue de rat; queue de rat annuelle (as A. argentea Lam.)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for ACHYRANTHES aspera Linn. [family AMARANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 402, (1912) Author: By T. COOKE and C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
ACHYRANTHES aspera Linn. [family AMARANTHACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. i. 204;—Moquin in DC. Prodr. xiii. ii. 314; Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 493; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 993; Schinz in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1A, 112, and 94, fig. 47, D, E, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. Append. ii. 165, v. Append. ii. 66, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 173; Lopr. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 12, t. 1, figs. G-J; Gilg in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 232, 433; Wight, Ic. t. 1777; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 730; Baker & C. B. Cl. in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. i. 63.
Information
an erect hairy branched herb, 1–4 ft. high; branches terete or obsoletely quadrangular, striate; leaves elliptic or obovate, obtuse or subacute, pubescent on both surfaces, 1 1/2–3 in. long, 1–1 3/4 in. wide; petiole 3–9 lin. long; spikes in flower 2–4 in. long, in fruit lengthening to 20 in.; bracts 1 1/2 in. long, broadly ovate, acuminate, aristate, membranous, persistent; bracteoles as long as the bracts, broadly ovate, spinescent, becoming hard and falling off with the fruit; perianth-segments subequal, 2–3 lin. long, ovate-oblong, acute, membranous and white on the margins; stamens 5; staminodes quadrate, fimbriate; ovary depressed, obovoid, granular at the top; utricle oblong, truncate, thinly membranous, about 1 lin. long, enclosed in the hardened persistent perianth and bracteoles, smooth, brown; seed ellipsoid; embryo curved. null
Range
A weed in the hotter parts of the Old World.
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Somerset Div.; at the foot of the Bosch Berg, MacOwan, 1522! Albert Div., Cooper, 1352!COAST REGION Cape Div.; Table Mountain, Milne, 212! Prior! Bolus, 4007! Alexander! Groot Schuur, Wolley-Dod, 567! near Cape Town, 500 ft., Bolus, 2913! Rondebosch, Pappe! Uitenhage Div.; near Uitenhage, Prior! near Sand Fontein and Matjes Fontein, Drège! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 3050! and without precise locality, Zeyher, 555!EASTERN REGION Natal; near Durban, Gerrard, 492! Wood, 7203! and without precise locality, Cooper, 1162! Griqualand East; Clydesdale 2500 ft., Tyson, 2681! and without precise locality, Tyson!KALAHARI REGION Griqualand West; in Leeuwenkuil Valley, at Griquatown, Burchell, 1894! Orange River Colony; Mudriver Drift, Rehmann, 3568! Vet River, Burke! Transvaal; near Lydenburg, Wilms, 1263! Pretoria, Miss Leendertz, 60! Rooiplaat, Miss Leendertz, 798! 799! hill sides near Barberton, 2800 ft., Galpin, 920! Potgieters Rust, Miss Leendertz, 1950!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Sieber! Wallich! Drège!

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