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  • COMMON NAME: Chaff flower, prickly chaff flower, devil's horsewhip.
  • ARABIC: سهم الراعي
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Achyranthes aspera L.
  • SYNONYMS: Centrostachys aspera, Stachyarpagophora aspera.
  • FAMILY: AMARANTHACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Sharjah , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:2468-2#synonyms V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Crushed roots applied to scorpion stings to reduce swelling. Also used as a dye plant.
Perennial erect herb up to 35-120 cm high. Stem erect or ascending, straight, simple or with opposite branches. Leaves 2-9 cm long and 1-7 cm wide, opposite, obovate or broadly oval, obtuse or apiculate at the apex, subglabrous or densely tomentose on both surfaces, upper leaves small, obovate. Inflorescence long spike, 5-30 cm long, slender, rigid, terminal and axillary. Bracts 0.2-0.5 cm long, and bracteoles 0.1-0.4 cm long, ovate, aristate, or spinescent, pale or brownish-membranous, glabrous. Flowers 0.3-0.5 cm, greenish sessile. Perianth 5-segments, 0.3-0.5 cm long with 3-nerved, the outer longest, lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Stamens 5, filaments 0.1-0.4 cm long, alternating with fringed staminodes. Utricle oblong or ovoid, 0.2-0.4 cm long. Seeds small, brownish. Flowering from January to May.
Gardens, farms and waste ground.
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