- 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 spinosus L.
- Common name : Spiny Amaranth, Prickly Amaranth
- Vernacular name :
- Kateli (Hindi)
- Mullu harivi, Mullu dantu (Kannada)
- Mullukeerai (Tamil)
- Tanduliyaka (Sanskrit)
- Kate-math (Marathi)
- Cherucheera, Mullencheera, Kattumullenkeera (Malayalam)
- Kantasago, Kantakeera (Oria)
- Mulludantu (Kannada)
- Mulla totakura (Telugu)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Scrub jungle, waste places
- Comments / notes : On plains to 1500m, abundant near village wasteland and sometimes weed of cultivation. A ready colonizer on new roads.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 07/10/2009
- Collection Nos : FAP 37618
- Collection Locality : Bhumayyagaripalle, Kadapa district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Lakshadweep : Androth Islands, Kavaratti Islands, Minicoy Islands
- Native : Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, S
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
- Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Davanagere
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
- 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 :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Amaranthus spinosus
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Amaranthus spinosus. Downloaded on 2 February 2026.
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