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[efloraofindia:106426] Is it Achranthes coynei :  Attachments (4). 5 posts by 4 authors.
may be this can help.

I think it is Achyranthes coynei Santapau of Amaranthaceae family.
A habit picture of the plant would complete the set in this thread and would give clarity for the species.

pls give full information about the pic.. Achyranthes coynei has big flowering spike and leave margin purple,, though the picture here may be A. coynei

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Achyranthes coynei is rather a big brother of A. aspera with much larger plant often reaching 3.5 m tall, much longer spike 35-60 cm long, larger flowers reaching 2 cm in diam. when fully open. Pink flowered plants are also found in Western Himalayas, but these clearly belong to A. bidentata. Above plant needs to to be critically examined as leaves from texture (whatever visible) look like A aspera and not A. bidentata.

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Is it Achyranthes coynei:
Photographed on Friday 3rd Feb., 12, at Matheran.

The infl is too short for A. coynei. We found plants of A. bidentata with similar short inflorescence and pink flowers in Chakrata trip. A. coynei is rather gigantic form of A. aspera.

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Is it Achranthes coynei:
Photographed on Friday 3rd Feb., 12, at Matheran.

Would be interesting to know its identity
We also found similar plant in Chakrata it seemed to be simply pink flowered A. bidentata
A. coynei should be like a larger form of A. aspera, reaching 3-3.5 m in height, flowers pink, larger (2 cm across when fully open), and very long inflorescence (35-60 cm long) and fimbriate staminodes.

Sir, this was not that much tall. Probably around one and half feet. This plant was observed between the shade of two large boulders (rocks).

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Plant id request : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Please help me with this plant ID.
Also, I have a lot of plants that I want to get Id’d. Can I post them all in one post or separately? Is there a daily limit of posts?

It may be Achyranthus aspera, chir chita, per day 3 postings allowed, images will be with either flower or fruit.
Updated on September 5, 2026

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