Herbarium JCB

Achyranthes bidentata Blume

Family : AMARANTHACEAE
(Amaranth Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GARUNDI FAMILY (गरूण्डी फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : AMARANTHACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Achyranthes bidentata Blume
Vernacular name : Sigappu nayuruvi, Naagaranji (Tamil); Cherukadaladi, Nayaruvichedi (Malayalam)
Habit : Herb
Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 1200m, in shady places, forest borders of evergreen forests etc.
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Belagavi district, Bidar district, Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
World Distribution : India, Indo-Malaysia, East-Asia, Australia
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Naidu, M.T., O.A. Kumar & M. Venkaiah 2015. Vascular Plant diversity in the sacred grove of Modapalli in Visakapanam district of Andhra Pradesh, India. JoTT 7 (10): 7683-7690; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Achyranthes bidentata. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.