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==Uses==
{{Uses|Internal bleeding}}, {{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Excessive menstruation}}, {{Uses|Snake bites}}, {{Uses|Ulcerated mouths}}, {{Uses|Vaginal discharges}}, {{Uses|Nosebleeds}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Eczema}}, {{Uses|Boils}}, {{Uses|Burns}}.
===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==
{{Parts Used|StemsStem}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Seven compounds, including two diglycoside flavonoids hesperidin and rutin, one phenolic acid (E)‐ferulic acid, two amino acids namely tyrosine and arginine and two sterols comprising spinasterol and spinasterol 3‐O‐β‐D‐glucopyranoside etc.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Tanduliuyah|en=|gu=Prickly Amaranth|hi=Kanta chaulai|kn=|ks=Mulluharive soppu|ml=Kattumullenkeera|mr=|pa=Kante bhaji|ta=|te=mullukkeerai}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
===Prabhava===
===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="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Habit==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivateCultivation Details==Prefers a well-drained fertile soil in a sunny position[200]. 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="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Roadsides}}, {{Commonly seen|Waste places}}, {{Commonly seen|Fields}}, {{Commonly seen|Open areas}}.
==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/vjch.201900023 Chemistry]</ref><ref name="chemistryLeaf">[Morphology]</ref><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="LeafForest foods of Western Ghat">["morphologyForest food for Northern region of 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>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthus_spinosus Amaranthus spinosus on wikipedia.org]* [ https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/4653 Amaranthus spinosus on cabi.org]* [ https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32937 Amaranthus spinosuson indiabiodiversity.org]
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