Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amaranthus blitum L. [Amaranthaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 4

Amaranthus blitum subsp. blitum

Amaranthus blitum subsp. emarginatus (Salzm. ex Uline & Bray) Carretero, Muñoz Garm. & Pedrol

Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea

Amaranthus blitum subsp. pseudogracilis (Thell.) N.Bayón

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ataco	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
baqleh-yamānieh	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bashpaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bayam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bayam itik	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
blite	Other	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
centantu-k-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilakarive	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
folo	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
giraka saale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
handi keere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiranga saale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marsha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niǎo xiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paandavar harive	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitunkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitunkukirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pokal-bhaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qīng xiāng xiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rantandurja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sefid-marz	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
shandalio	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
slender amaranthus	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
small slender amaranth	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tumbleweed	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ventantukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yě xiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
بقلة يمانيه	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
سفید مرز	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
野苋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
青香苋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鸟苋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Leaf, seed		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
stem, leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
inflorescence with seeds		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
Leaf, root, seed		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amaranthus graecizans var. blitum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 541 (1891).
Euxolus blitum (L.) Gren. Fl. Jurass. 2: 652 (1869).
Glomeraria blitum (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 blitum	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Amaranthus blitum L.	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amaranthus blitum Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Amranthus blitum	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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