- Family : AMARANTHACEAE
(Amaranth Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GARUNDI FAMILY (गरूण्डी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Amaranthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Amaranthus chlorostachys var. hybridus (L.) S.Watson; Amaranthus hybridus subvar. genuinus (Thell.) Carretero; Amaranthus hybridus f. genuinus Thell.; Amaranthus retroflexus var. hybridus (L.) A.Gray; Galliaria hybrida (L.) Nieuwl.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Amaranthus hybridus L.
- Vernacular name :
- Thandukeerai, Punjikkeerai (Tamil)
- Rajgira (Marathi)
- Dantukura (Telugu)
- Chua, Chaulai (Hindi)
- Dantusoppu (Kannada)
- Habit : Herb
- Comments / notes : Often cultivated as a leaf vegetable.
- Flower, Fruit : September-January
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Mysuru district, Dakshina Kannada district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Siang
- Native : Alabama, Argentina, Arkansas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Delaware, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Galápagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, N
- World Distribution : East and West Asia and Africa. Cultivated in tropics.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- 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
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 302
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Amaranthus hybridus. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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