- Family : AMARANTHACEAE
(Amaranth Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GARUNDI FAMILY (गरूण्डी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Amaranthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Centrostachys bidentata (Blume) Standl.; Achyranthes hispida Moq.; Achyranthes aspera var. fruticosa (Lam.) Boerl.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Achyranthes bidentata Blume
- Vernacular name :
- Sigappu nayuruvi, Naagaranji (Tamil)
- Cherukadaladi, Nayaruvichedi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests
- 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)
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Chamoli district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Nicobar Islands
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Solo
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- 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
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 300
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Achyranthes bidentata. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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