Amaranthus spinosus L.
Amaranthus spinosus L.
Amaranthus spinosus L.
Amaranthus spinosus L.
MH239 : Amaranthus spinosus L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 435 |
| Synonym | : | |
| Plant Common Name | : | Prickly Amaranth, Edlebur, Needle burr, Spiny amaranth, Thorny amaranthk, Kanta chaulai, Chengkruk, kante bhaji, kante math, mullukkeerai, Kattumullenkeera, Somchan,mullatotakura, Mulluharive soppu, Kantanotya, Tanduliuyah, Kaande Lunde, Bandanee, Ban Lunde |
| Plant Family | : | Amaranthaceae |
| Description | : | Erect glabrous herbs, profusely branched; branches grooved; spines divaricate, sharp, to 1.2 cm long. Leaves 3-8 x 2-4 cm, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, base attenuate, apex obtuse or subacute; petiole to 4 cm long. Flowers in terminal panicled spikes or in axillary, sessile clusters. Bracts and bracteoles minute, ovate-lanceolate. Male flowers: 1-2 mm across; tepals 5, calycine, unequal, ovate-lanceolate; stamens 5; anthers sagittate. Female flowers: 1-2 mm across; tepals 5, oblong, acute at apex; ovary 1-celled; ovules solitary; stigmas 2-3. Utricle circumcissile. Seeds minute, discoid. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Kate - Math |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Gyanic problems; The root is known as an effective diuretic. treat gonorrhea; eczema, burns, wounds, boils, earache and haemorroids; also used as a sudorific, febrifuge, anti-dote to snake poison, galactagogue, and to treat menorrhagia; |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: alpha-spinasterol; hydrocyanic acid; betalain; beta-sitosterol; stigmasterol; linoleic acid; rutin; amaranthine;
isoamaranthine; hydroxycinnamates; quercetin; kaempferol glycosides; amaranthoside; amaricin; glycinebetaine; trigonelline; spinoside; betaxanthin; betacyanin; gomphrenin; betanin;
beta-carotene; hentriacontane;
octacosanoid; oleanolic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (9): Beta-sitosterol; Quercetin; Rutin; Kaempferol; Betanin; Oleanolic Acid; Stigmasterol; alpha-Spinasterol; Spinasterol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32937
- http://www.ijrpc.com/files/20_4130.pdf
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Amaranthus+spinosus
- https://uses.plantnet_project.org/en/Amaranthus_spinosus_(PROTA) |
| Reference | : | ~ Omolola Temitope Fatokun, Tosin Ejiro Wojuola, Kevwe Benefit Esievo and Oluyemisi Folashade Kunle; "Medicinal plants used in the management of Asthma: A review"; EJPMR (2016); 3(7): 82-92 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Rajendra M Kawade, Nitin B. Ghiware, Shrinivas K. Sarje and Sudhir M. Vadvalkar; "A Pharmacognostic and Pharmacological Review: Amaranthus Spinosus"; World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research (2013); 2(6): 2099-2110 PMID : ~ Nduche, M.U. and Okwulehie, I.C.; "ETHNOMEDICINAL SURVEY OF PLANTS USED IN TREATING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA"; Review of Plant Studies (2014); 1(2): 1-9 PMID : ~ Das, DC.; Sinha, NK.; Chattopadhyay JC.; Das M. and Samanta P.; "The use of medicinal plants for the treatment of Gonorrhea and Syphilis in south west Bengal of India"; International Journal of Phytomedicine (2013); 5: 14-17 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Caryophyllidae |
| Order | : Caryophyllales |
| Family | : Amaranthaceae - Amaranth family |
| Genus | : Amaranthus L. - pigweed |
| Species | : Amaranthus spinosus L. |