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Achyranthes bidentata
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Achyranthes bidentata Blume is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. It occurs in India, Nepal, Korea, China, and Japan. It is the source of the Chinese herbal medicine Huai'niuxi. In Nepal its root juice is used for toothache. Its seeds have been used as a substitute for cereal grains in famine years. The plant is used externally in the treatment of leech bites in Mizoram, India and a decoction as a diuretic.
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Achyranthes bidentata
- Slug
- achyranthes-bidentata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Achyranthes
- Species
- bidentata
- Wikidata QID
- Q1151611
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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