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Amaranthus hybridus
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Family:
AMARANTHACEAE
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Citation: Amaranthus hybridus L., Sp. Pl. 990. 1753.
Amaranthus cruentus L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1269. 1759; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 377. 1988.
Amaranthus paniculatus L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 1406. 1763; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 718. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1170(819). 1925.
Amaranthus hybridus L. ssp. cruentus (L.) Thell. var. paniculatus (L.) Thell. in Asch. & Gray, Syn. 5: 247. 1914.
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Description:
Erect, simple or often much-branched in the upper part, annual herbs, stems obtuse-angular, purple-tinged, glabrous except short-hairy young parts. Leaves alternate, 10-30 x 3-15 cm, ovate-elliptic to rhomboid-oblong, with a cuneate or acute and decurrent base, obtuse or acute, mucronate, subentire-crenulate, often tinged with purple; petiole 1.5-10 cm long. Flower-clusters in erect or terminal, often axillary panicles, 10-40 cm long; bracts ovate, acuminate, 0.2-0.25 cm long. Male flowers: tepals red, ovate-oblong, mucronate, 0.2-0.25 cm long. Stamens 5. Female flowers: Stigmas 3. Utricles 0.2 cm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
East and West Asia and Africa
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Tolpetty
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