Amaranthus polygonoides L. - tropical amaranth
Amaranthus polygonoides L. - tropical amaranth
MH238 : Amaranthus polygonoides L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 434 |
| Synonym | : | Amaranthus polygonoides L., Pl. Jamaic. Pug. 27 1759. (Syn: Albersia polygonoides Kunth; Amaranthus berlandieri (Moq.) Uline & W.L.Bray; Amaranthus taishanensis F.Z.Li & C.K.Ni; Amaranthus verticillatus Pav. ex Moq. [Invalid]; Amblogyna polygonoides (L.) Raf.; Euxolus polygonoides Nakai; Glomeraria polygonoides (L.) Cav.; Roemeria polygonoides (L.) Moench; Sarratia polygonoides Moq. (Unresolved)); |
| Plant Common Name | : | tropical amaranth, Mati Khutura, Kudra-sak, Kudra sak, |
| Plant Family | : | Amaranthaceae |
| Description | : | Plants annual, glabrescent proximally, pubescent distally, becoming glabrous at maturity. Stems erect-ascending to pro-strate, branched mostly at base and in proximal 1/2, 0.1-0.5 m. Leaves: petiole ± equaling blade; blade ovate, obovate-rhombic to narrowly ovate, sometimes lanceolate, 1.5-3(-4) × 0.5-1.5(-2) cm, base cuneate, margins entire to undulate-erose, apex rounded, obtuse, or emarginate, mucronate. Inflorescences axillary, congested clusters. Bracts of pistillate flowers lanceolate or linear, 1-1.5 mm, 1/2 as long as tepals. Pistillate flowers: tepals 5, connate in proximal 1/3 (entirely distinct in all other species), with 3 prominent veins abaxially, spatulate or somewhat clawed, equal or subequal, 2-3 mm, apex rounded or retuse, mucronate; style branches somewhat spreading; stigmas 3. Staminate flowers intermixed with pistillate; tepals (4-)5; stamens 2-3. Utricles cylindric or narrowly turbinate, 2-2.5 mm, ± equaling tepals, smooth proximally or roughened toward tips, indehiscent or tardily dehiscent. Seeds dark reddish brown to black, lenticular, 0.8-1 mm diam., shiny. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In river beds and fields |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/259763 |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); 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 polygonoides L. - tropical amaranth |