Amaranthus retroflexus

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Amaranthus retroflexus L.

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Ordre Caryophyllales
Famille Amaranthaceae
Genre Amaranthus

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Origine :

sauvage et cultivé

Français
Anglais


Résumé des usages
  • légume vert
  • pseudo-céréale
  • médicinal


Description

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Classification

Amaranthus retroflexus L. (1753)

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Usages

Amaranthus retroflexus Linn. GREEN AMARANTH. PIGWEED. North America. This weed occurs around dwellings in manured soil in the United States whence it was introduced from tropical America. [1] It is an interesting fact that it is cultivated by the Arizona Indians for its seeds. [2]

  1. Gray, A. Man. Bot. 412. 1868.
  2. Brewer and Watson Bot. Cal. 2:41. 1880.
Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.


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