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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 AVitamin-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==
==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==
{{Commonly seen|Roadsides}}, {{Commonly seen|Waste places}}, {{Commonly seen|Fields}}, {{Commonly seen|Open areas}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<ref name="chemical composition">[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/vjch.201900023 Chemistry]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[Morphology]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[httpUseful tropical plants by The ferns.information website</ref><ref name="Common names">Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:295<//tropicalref><ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr.thefernsAnuradha S.info/viewtropicalUpadhye, Page No.php?id=Amaranthus+spinosus 21, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation]of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
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