Difference between revisions of "Amaranthus cruentus"
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''To edit this page, please copy the French version and translate it. If it contains no data, the first tasks are to check all the links, to clarify nomenclature and to upload photos from Wikimedia Commons'' | ''To edit this page, please copy the French version and translate it. If it contains no data, the first tasks are to check all the links, to clarify nomenclature and to upload photos from Wikimedia Commons'' | ||
| + | == Description == | ||
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| + | Linedrawing Amaranthus cruentus.gif|1, part of branch with axillary shoots; 2, leaf; 3, inflorescence; 4, cyme; 5, male flower (one tepal removed); 6, fruit; 7, seed. Source: PROSEA | ||
| + | Amaranthus cruentus 206 GG.jpg|crop ready for harvest | ||
| + | Amaranthus cruentus 120 GG.jpg|field for seed production | ||
| + | Amaranthus hybridus Img0080.jpg|plant habit | ||
| + | Amaranthus cruentus 96 GG.JPG|amaranth for sale on a market in Sierra Leone | ||
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== Popular names == | == Popular names == | ||
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== Classification == | == Classification == | ||
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== Uses == | == Uses == | ||
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| + | |text=''Amaranthus paniculatus'' Linn. PRINCE'S FEATHER. RED AMARANTH. North America and naturalized in the Orient. This plant is extensively cultivated in India for its seed which is ground into flour. It is very productive. Roxburgh <ref>Mueller, F. ''Sel. Pls.'' 34. 1891.</ref> says it will bear half a pound of floury, nutritious seed on a square yard of ground. Titford <ref>Titford, W. J. ''Hort. Bot. Amer.'' VII of Addenda. 1812. (''A. sanguineus'')</ref> says it forms an excellent pot-herb in Jamaica when boiled, exactly resembling spinach. | ||
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| + | |author =[[Amaranthus (Sturtevant, 1919)#Amaranthus paniculatus|Sturtevant, ''Notes on edible plants'', 1919]]. | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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*[http://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Amaranthus%20cruentus Plants for a future] | *[http://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Amaranthus%20cruentus Plants for a future] | ||
*[[Amaranthus cruentus (PROSEA)|PROSEA on Pl@ntUse]] | *[[Amaranthus cruentus (PROSEA)|PROSEA on Pl@ntUse]] | ||
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*[[Amaranthus cruentus (PROTA)|PROTA on Pl@ntUse]] | *[[Amaranthus cruentus (PROTA)|PROTA on Pl@ntUse]] | ||
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*[http://www.tela-botanica.org/page:eflore_bdtfx?referentiel=bdtfx&niveau=2&module=fiche&action=fiche&type_nom=nom_scientifique&nom=Amaranthus%20cruentus Tela Botanica] | *[http://www.tela-botanica.org/page:eflore_bdtfx?referentiel=bdtfx&niveau=2&module=fiche&action=fiche&type_nom=nom_scientifique&nom=Amaranthus%20cruentus Tela Botanica] | ||
*[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Amaranthus%20cruentus Useful Tropical Plants Database] | *[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Amaranthus%20cruentus Useful Tropical Plants Database] | ||
*[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthus%20cruentus Wikipédia] | *[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthus%20cruentus Wikipédia] | ||
*[http://www.wikiphyto.org/wiki/Amaranthus%20cruentus Wikiphyto] | *[http://www.wikiphyto.org/wiki/Amaranthus%20cruentus Wikiphyto] | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:52, 21 June 2020
Amaranthus cruentus
| Order | [[]] |
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| Family | [[]] |
| Genus | Amaranthus |
2n =
Origin : area of origin
wild or cultivated
Uses summary
To edit this page, please copy the French version and translate it. If it contains no data, the first tasks are to check all the links, to clarify nomenclature and to upload photos from Wikimedia Commons
Contents
Description
1, part of branch with axillary shoots; 2, leaf; 3, inflorescence; 4, cyme; 5, male flower (one tepal removed); 6, fruit; 7, seed. Source: PROSEA
crop ready for harvest
field for seed production
plant habit
amaranth for sale on a market in Sierra Leone
Popular names
Classification
Cultivars
History
Uses
Amaranthus paniculatus Linn. PRINCE'S FEATHER. RED AMARANTH. North America and naturalized in the Orient. This plant is extensively cultivated in India for its seed which is ground into flour. It is very productive. Roxburgh [1] says it will bear half a pound of floury, nutritious seed on a square yard of ground. Titford [2] says it forms an excellent pot-herb in Jamaica when boiled, exactly resembling spinach.
