Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amaranthus albus L. [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bai xian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
carurú-branco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chirikoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirukirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common tumbleweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
maykanada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
okkanimatar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pigweed	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
pigweed amaranth	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
prostrate pigweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sirroo keeray vayr	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
stiff tumbleweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tumble pigweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tumbleweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vayiravan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vit amarant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
weißer fuchsschwanz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white amaranth	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white pigweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amaranthus campestris Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 382 (1805).
Amaranthus graecizans Cutanda Fl. Comp. Madrid: 579 (1861), sensu auct.
Amaranthus albus var. monosepalus Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 287 (1914).
Amaranthus albus var. parviflorus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 264 (1849).
Amaranthus albus var. puberulus Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 287 (1914).
Amaranthus albus var. pubescens (Uline & W.L.Bray) Fernald Rhodora 47: 140 (1945).
Amaranthus albus var. rubicundus Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 287 (1914).
Amaranthus gracilentus H.W.Kung Chin. J. Bot. 1(1): 14 (1936).
Amaranthus graecizans var. pubescens Uline & W.L.Bray Bot. Gaz. 19: 317 (1894).
Amaranthus littoralis Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn. 2: 893 (1815).
Amaranthus pubescens (Uline & W.L.Bray) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 39: 313 (1912).
Galliaria albida Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 185 (1897).
Glomeraria alba (L.) Cav. Elench. Pl. Horti Matr.: 16 (1803).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amaranthus albus L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amaranthus campestris Willd.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amaranthus graecizans Auct. Hisp. ex Cut.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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