Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   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.

Amaranthus spinosus L.
Amaranthus spinosus L.
Amaranthus spinosus L.
Amaranthus spinosus L.