Scientific Name: Achyranthes bidentata Blume
Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth Family)
Vernacular name: Cherukadaladi,
Nayaruvichedi (Malayalam)
Tribal name: Kozhivalan
chappu (Paniya)
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Eevergreen
forests
Distribution: India,
Indo-Malaysia, East-Asia, Australia
Tribal consumers:
Paniya
Parts Used:
Leaf (After cooking)
Seasonal Availability: Throughout
the year
Key identification features: Herb
with glabrous stems. Leaves linear-lanceolate, thinly pubescent, with an
acuminate apex and prominent parallel nerves. Spikes axillary and terminal,
narrow, bearing lanceolate, aristate bracts. Flowers distant, with equal
lanceolate tepals. Fruits cylindrical, reddish-brown, and longitudinally
striate.
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