Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amaranthus blitum subsp. oleraceus (L.) Costea [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Amaranthus blitum L.
Infraspecies:: 3

Amaranthus blitum subsp. blitum

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

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aarumathathandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
alpamarisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban lunde	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bhaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erratotakura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu dantu soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiraitandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maarisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marasaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
marisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marsa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marsah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pedathotakura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pokala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadanatiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tambadamaath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tandulja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thellatoakura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thotakura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trailing amaranth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vannatiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild blite	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
野苋子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野苋菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amaranthus blitum var. oleraceus (L.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 721 (1885).
Amaranthus lividus L. Sp. Pl.: 990 (1753).
Amaranthus oleraceus L. Sp. Pl.: 1403 (1753).
Albersia blitum var. oleraceus (L.) Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 721 (1885).
Albersia oleracea (L.) Kunth Fl. Berol., ed. 2, 2: 144 (1823).
Amaranthus ascendens var. oleraceus (L.) Thell. ex Priszter Agrártud. Egyet. Kert- Szölögazdaságtud. Karának Évk. 2: 221 (1953).
Amaranthus ascendens var. oleraceus (L.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 262 (1935).
Amaranthus blitum f. lividus (L.) Letz Fl. Slovenska 6(4): 723, 111 (2016).
Amaranthus circinnatus Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 311 (1810).
Amaranthus lividus subsp. oleraceus (L.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 10: 376 (1964).
Amaranthus lividus proles oleraceus (L.) Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 321 (1914).
Amaranthus lividus var. oleraceus (L.) Thell. Fl. Adv. Montpellier: 215 (1912).
Amaranthus obtusiflorus (Seub.) Kov. Nauchni Trudove Selskost. Inst. "Vasil Kolarov" 23: 50 (1978).
Amaranthus officinalis Gromov ex Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9: 139 (1884).
Amaranthus oleraceus var. maximus C.B.Clarke in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 34 (1909).
Amaranthus olitorius Besser Cat. Jard. Bot. Krzemieniec: 9 (1816).
Blitum lividum (L.) Moench Methodus: 359 (1794).
Blitum oleraceum (L.) Moench Methodus: 359 (1794).
Euxolus lividus (L.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 273 (1849).
Euxolus oleraceus (L.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 273 (1849).
Euxolus oleraceus var. obtusiflorus Seub. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(1): 234 (1875).
Glomeraria livida (L.) Cav. Elench. Pl. Horti Matr.: 16 (1803).
Glomeraria oleracea (L.) Cav. Elench. Pl. Horti Matr.: 16 (1803).
Pentrius oleraceus (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 42 (1837).
Pyxidium oleraceum (L.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 273 (1849).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amaranthus blitum L. var. oleracea Duthie	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Amaranthus blitum Linn. var. oleraceus Duthie	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Amaranthus lividus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Amaranthus lividus L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amaranthus lividus Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Amaranthus oleraceus L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Amaranthus oleraceus Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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