Achyranthes aspera L.

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Determined at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
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Tanner 197k
Vernacular name:	Kibondeir	Mbatiraanga
Uses:	Roots	boiled	and	water	drunk,	to
relieve pain upon urination*
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TANGANYIKA, AFRICA
Tans« Province
Achyranthes aspera L*
On red brown clay soil, on cleared land*
Erect, branched, to 20 feet tall; sap col-
ourless; leaves limp, leathery; flowers
pale mauve, odorless*
Altitude 2i>0 feet.
Kigombe, Madanga Chiefdom, Pangani District
R.E. S. Tanner 197k	20	July	1955
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