Atriplex hortensis L.

 
  • Family : CHENOPODIACEAE
    (Goosefoot Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : PALAK FAMILY (पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : AMARANTHACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Atriplex hortensis L.
  • Vernacular name : Chandan batwa (Marathi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Largely cultivated as vegetable crop
  • Flower, Fruit : October-February
  • Literature : N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Atriplex hortensis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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