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Mountain Knot Grass
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Mountain Knot Grass
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Common name: Mountain Knot Grass • Bengali: ছায়া Chaya • Dogri: ढुई बुई Dhui Bui • Gujarati: ગોરખગાંજો Gorakhaganjo, કપુરી મધુરી Kapuri Madhuri • Hindi: छाया Chhaya, गोरखबूटी Gorakhbuti, गोरखगांजा Gorakhganja, कपूरीजड़ी Kapurijadi, खली Khali, खरी Khari • Kachchhi: ગોરખડી Gorakhdi, સની બૂર Sani Bour • Kannada: ಬಿಳಿ ಹಿಂಡಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು Bili Hindi Soppu • Konkani: तांडलो Tandlo • Kurukh: चिंदी Chindi, लेद्रा अरखा Ledra Arxa • Lodhi: तोरे-अरा Tore-Ara • Malayalam: ചെറൂള Cheroola, ചെറുപൂള Cherupoola • Mal Paharia: सुब्रा Subra • Manipuri: ꯅꯥꯄꯤ Napi • Marathi: कपूरीमधूरी Kapurimadhuri, कापूरमाधुरी Kapurmadhuri • Mundari: Chauli Ara, Lupu Ara • Odia: ପାଉଁଶିଆ Paunsia • Punjabi: ਬੂਈ ਕਾਲਟਨ Bui-Kaltan • Rajasthani: छोटी बुई Chhoti Bui, गोरखा बुन्दी Gorkha Bundi, काळी बूई Kali Bui • Sanskrit: अश्मःभेदः Ashmahabhedah, भद्र Bhadra, गोरक्षगञ्जा Gorakshaganja, पाषाणभेद Pashanabheda, शतकभेदी Shatakabhedi • Santali: ᱞᱚᱯᱚᱱ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ Lopon Arak • Tamil: சிறுபூளை Ciru-Pulai, உழிஞை Ulinai • Telugu: కొండపిండి Kondapindi, పిండిదొండ Pindidonda • Tulu: ಪಾಷಾಣಭೇದಿ Pashanabhedi • Urdu: کهلي Khali, کهري Khari Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Ouret lanata    Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth family)
Synonyms: Aerva elegans, Illecebrum lanatum, Aerva lanata
Mountain Knot Grass is a perennial herb, occasionally woody below, prostrate to erect, 0.3-2 m, branched from the base and often also from above. Stem and branches are densely woolly with whitish or yellowish, shaggy hairs. Alternately arrange leaves are nearly circular to lanceshaped-elliptic, wedge-shaped at the base, rounded to sharp at the tip. Leaves are usually densely woolly on the lower surface and more thinly so above. Leaves on the main stem are 1-5 cm long, 0.5-3.5 cm wide, those of the branches and upper part of the stem are smaller. Leaf stalks are up to 2 cm. Flower spikes are stalkless, solitary or usually in clusters in leaf axils, 0.4-1.5 cm long, 3-4 mm wide, divergent, cylindrical, silky white to creamy, forming a long inflorescence leafy to the ultimate spikes.
Medicinal uses: This herb is described as one of the best known remedies for bladder and kidney stones. Ayurvedic practitioners recommend a decoction of the plant to be taken internally for a few days to dissolves the stone and to clear the urinary path.
Identification credit: Tabish Photographed in JNU campus, Delhi & Maharashtra.
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