- Family : CHENOPODIACEAE
(Goosefoot Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : PALAK FAMILY (पालक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Amaranthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Atriplex alba (L.) Crantz; Botrys albus (L.) Nieuwl.; Chenopodium album var. commune Moq.; Chenopodium viride var. album (L.) Hartm.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Chenopodium album L.
- Common name : White Goose foot, Soft Hornwort, Wild spinach, Pig weed
- Vernacular name :
- Chandan Betu, Khartua sag (Hindi)
- Hunachikka (Kannada)
- Chakkaravarthi Keerai (Tamil)
- Vastuka (Sanskrit)
- Chakvat (Marathi)
- Cherupeera, Vasthucheera (Malayalam)
- Bathua (Oria)
- Pappukura (Telugu)
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Often scarcely aromatic. Sometimes cultivated as a vegetable in plains and lower slopes.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Palakkad district, Kottayam district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Uttarakhand : Chamoli district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- Native : Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Central European Rus, China, Chita, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Central European Rus, China, Chita, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, Djibouti, East Aegean Islands, East European Russia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Hainan, Hungary, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Islands, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Mongolia, Morocco, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Ogasawara-shoto, Ohio, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Rhode Island, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Chenopodium album. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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