Achyranthes bidentata Blume

ak-ky-RAN-thees -- from the Greek words: achyr (chaff) and anthos (flower) ... Dave's Botanary
by-den-TAY-ta or by-den-TAH-ta -- two-tooth ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: hill chaff flower, ox knee, pig's knee • Malayalam: പെരുംകടലാടി perumkadalaadi • Nepali: दतिवन् datiwan, रातो अपमार्ग ratoapamarga • Tamil: நாயுருவி nayuruvi


botanical names: Achyranthes bidentata Blume ... synonyms: Achyranthes chinensis Osbeck • Achyranthes fruticosa Lam. • Achyranthes hispida Moq. • Achyranthes javanica Moq. • Achyranthes mauritiana Moq. • Centrostachys bidentata (Blume) Standl. ... status at GBIF

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

hill chaff flower

• Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

ox knee

• Wikipedia

pig's knee

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

പെരുംകടലാടി perumkadalaadi

• also പെരുങ്കടലാടി perukkadalaadi ... many thanks to VC Balakrishnan and Vinaya Raj V R for help with this name ... facebook

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

दतिवन् datiwan

• Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

रातो अपमार्ग ratoapamarga

• Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

நாயுருவி nayuruvi

• ENVIS - FRLHT
• this name shared with Achyranthes aspera L. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

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