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Amaranthus tricolor - Red spinach

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Amaranthus tricolor is a usually much-branched annual plant. It grows up to 125cm tall. A major leaf crop in tropical Asia, where it is widely consumed and often sold in local markets. The plant is often cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions especially in Asia.

Uses

Haemorrhage.

Parts Used

Stem, Leaves, Seeds.

Chemical Composition

The obtained extract was shown to contain the following antioxidant metabolites: amaranthine, ascorbic acid, phenolic compounds as well as monosaccharides and disaccharides. Accumulation of these compounds in different amaranth plant organs in the course of the plant growth and development was analyzed.[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Red spinach


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Annual

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

A plant originally from the tropics, it can be grown in a wide range of climates from the temperate zone to the tropics, where it thrives from near sea level to about 800 metres.[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Cultivated land, Flood plains, Roadsides, Wasteland.

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