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{{stub}}[[File:Amaranth or Red Spinach.jpg|thumb|right]]'''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.
Prabhakar moved page Amaranthus tricolor to Amaranthus tricolor - Red spinach
==Uses==
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==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Stem}}, {{Parts Used|stemLeaves}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootSeeds}}.
==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.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=Red spinach|gu=|hi=|kn=|ks=|ml=|mr=|pa=|ta=|te=}}
==Properties==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Annual}}
==Identification==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|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.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Cultivated land}}, {{Commonly seen|Flood plains}}, {{Commonly seen|Roadsides}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Wasteland}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
Amaranth or Red Spinach.jpgAmaranthus mangostanus L..JPGAmaranthus tricolor (in a flowerbed) 01.jpgAmaranthus tricolor (in a flowerbed) 02.jpgAmaranthus tricolor 1zz.jpg
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">["chemistry"https://link.springer.com/article/10.3103%2FS1068367416060070 Chemistry]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">["morphology"Morphology]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Amaranthus+tricolor Cultivation"]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Prickly%20Amaranth.html Amaranthus tricolor on flowersofindia.net]* [ https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Amaranthus+spinosus Amaranthus tricolor on pfaf.org]* [ ]
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