Amaranthus tricolor L.

 
  • Family : AMARANTHACEAE
    (Amaranth Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GARUNDI FAMILY (गरूण्डी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Amaranthaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Amaranthus melancholicus var. tricolor (L.) Lam. ex Moq.; Glomeraria tricolor (L.) Cav.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Amaranthus tricolor L.
  • Common name : Joseph's Coat
  • Vernacular name :
    • Dantu soppu, Harivi soppu (Kannada)
    • Serikkeerai (Tamil)
    • Nautia (Oria)
    • Perugu thotakura (Telugu)
    • Chaulai, Tandulja (Marathi)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Sometimes cultivated, leaf edible
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
    • Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
    • Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (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
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang, Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Bangladesh, Borneo, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Line Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietn
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • 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 – Flora of Hassan
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 - Flora of Gulbarga
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Flora of Mysore
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Flora of Udupi
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 - Flora of Davanagere.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 302-303
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Amaranthus tricolor. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

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