Amaranthus cruentus L. - red amaranth
Amaranthus cruentus L. - red amaranth
MH451 : Amaranthus cruentus L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Amaranthus hybridus L.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Grain amaranth, Red Amaranth, Blood amaranth, Bush greens, Caterpillar amaranth, Purple amaranth, African-spinach
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| Plant Family | : | Amaranthaceae |
| Description | : | tall, robust, stem striate, leaves long-petioled elliptic- or ovate-lanceolate acute or finely acuminate, spikes in dense thyrses squarrose from the long recurved bracts, centre one longest, bracts acicular recurved very much longer than the oblong-lanceolate acuminate sepals. Stem 4-5 ft., sometimes thicker than the thumb, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves 2-6 by 1-3 in., base cuneate; petiole as long. Spikes suberect, red, green or yellow. Seeds 1/20 in. diam., either yellowish-white or pitchy black with a thickened rounded border, or pitchy with a narrow thin border. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant is diuretic. Water from the macerated plants is used as a wash to treat pains in the limbs. The roots are boiled with honey and then used as a laxative for infants. The ash from the stems is used as a wound dressing. The heated leaves are applied externally on tumours. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| 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 cruentus L. - red amaranth |