Description
Names in other languages
English: prickly chaff flower
Hindi: chirachinta, chircjira, chingchingi
Marathi: aghada, pandhara aghada
Gujarati: kapuri, upalasari
Bengali: apang
Sanskrit: Markati, Markat, Kapi pippali, Parak pushpin, Pratyaka shreni, Mayuraka, Kinihi, Shikhari, Adhah Shalya, Khara manjari, kubja, vasheera, Durabhi graha, Duragraha
Botanical Name: Achyranthes aspera Linn
Part Used : root, seeds, leaves, whole plant