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===Food===
Prickly Amaranth can be used in food. Tender shoots and leaves are cooked as vegetable. Sharp thorns are clipped off before cooking. Young leaves are dried and stored for use in off season.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
===Nutritional components===
It contains the Following Nutritional components like Vitamin-A, B6, B12, C, D, D2, D3,E, K, Niacin (B3), Thiamine (B1), Ribofl avin, Potassium, Sodium.<ref name="Nutritional componentsForest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Habit==
==Cultivation Details==
Prefers a well-drained fertile soil in a sunny position. Grows best in a moist soil, but is able to tolerate fairly dry soils and also quite wet, but not waterlogged<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Amaranthus spinosus's availability period is from September to December<ref name="How to plant/cultivateForest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">Useful tropical plants by The ferns.information website</ref>
<ref name="Common names">Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:295</ref>
<ref name="Nutritional componentsForest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of western ghat pdf Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.21, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS - ) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
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