[[File:Map Amaranthus cruentus.gif|thumb|distribution in Africa (wild and planted)]]
[[File:Linedrawing Amaranthus cruentus.gif|thumb|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]]
[[File:Amaranthus cruentus 96 206 GG.JPGjpg|thumb|crop ready for harvest]][[File:Amaranthus cruentus 120 GG.jpg|thumb|field for seed production]][[File:Amaranthus cruentus 206 GGhybridus Img0080.jpg|thumb|plant habit]]crop ready for harvest field for seed production plant habit [[File:Amaranthus cruentus 96 GG.JPG|thumb|amaranth for sale on a market in Sierra Leone]]
<big>''[[Amaranthus cruentus]]'' L.</big>
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:Protologue: Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2: 1269 (1759).