Achyranthes Aspera (Rough Cheff)

Backed by our immense experience and knowledge in the sector, we are associated with Manufacturing and Supplying the best in quality Achyranthes Aspera Rough Cheff from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It grows as wasteland herb everywhere. Since time immemorial, it is in use as folk medicine. It holds a reputed position as medicinal herb in different systems of medicine in India.

Product Specification:-
Family NameAmaranthaceae
English NamePrickly Chaff-flower
Hindi Name
Tamil NameChirchita, Latjira, Onga

Botanical differences between Achyranthes subspecies.
CharactersA. aspera var. argenteaA. aspera var. perphyristachya
PlantErect, branched herbs or under shrubs, upto 15 cm. highAn erect or subscandent annual herb upto 1m high
Stem--Angular, ribbed, thickened above the node, more or less densely hair
LeavesOvate-elliptic, acute, silky oboxillaryOpposite, elliptic or obovate, form an acute or obtuse base, acuminate or rounded at apex
Flowers--Deflexed, congested near the apex of the axis, perfect, bracts and bracteoles subequal
Fruits--An utricle, oblong-cylindric, truncate at apex, rounded at base
Seeds--Subcylinderic, truncate at apex, reddish brown
Flowering & FruitingAug.-Dec.Sept. - Dec.

Traditional Medicinal Uses:
According to Ayurveda, it is bitter, pungent, heating, laxative, stomachic, carminative and useful in treatment of vomiting, bronchitis, heart disease, piles, itching abdominal pains, ascites, dyspepsia, dysentery, blood diseases etc.