Botanical name : Anacyclus pyrethrum DC.
Family : Asteraceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Agragrahi, Akarakarabha
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Tikta, Kashaya
Guna   : Guru, Rooksha
Virya   : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Pellitory
Hindi  : Akarakara
Malayalam : Akkikaruka, Akrav.
Distribution – Indigenous to Africa.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A perennial plant with numerous branches. Leaves simple, alternate, stalked, and acuminate. Flowers ray, white colored with purple color beneath. Fresh root when tasted produces pungent sensation and induces salivation.   
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated vata, paralysis, nervous weakness, dental pain, tonsillitis, headache, epilepsy, indigestion, diarrhea, sexual weakness, impotency and erectile dysfunction.
Useful part : Roots