Taxon:
Amaranthus tricolor L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:989. 1753
Verified:
03/12/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Chinese amaranth – Chinese-spinach – Joseph's-coat – summer-poinsettia – tampala – Chinese
xian (苋) – French
amarante comestible – amarante tricolore – German
Gemüseamarant – surinamesischer Fuchsschwanz – India
math – Indonesian
aupa – Japanese Rōmaji
hageitō – hiyu – Spanish
amaranto – moco de pavo – Swedish
papegojamarant – Transcribed Chinese
xian – Transcribed Korean
saegbireum –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. in tropics |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. in tropics |
6 | Other | | | | | probable origin tropical Asia |
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
(widely natzd. in tropics)
Other
(probable origin tropical Asia)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Human food | vegetable | fide Mansfeld; F Ceylon; F Males | Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |