| Accepted name: |
Amaranthus retroflexus L. |
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| English names: |
Green Amaranth
Redroot Pigweed
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| French names: |
Amarante à racine rouge
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HAMARE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
In North Korea cultivated as forage plant; perhaps also - at least formerly - in north-eastern China (Manchuria).(1)(*2) The dried plant in an infusion, has been used for mouth and throat INFLAMMATION, DYSENTERY, and DIARRHEA. The stems have treated ULCERS and PROFUSE MENSTRUAL FLOWS. In a wash, the flowers, leaves and roots have been used as an ASTRINGENT for WOUND |
| Key Characters: |
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