Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
achita	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amarante caudée	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amarante queue-de-renard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ataco	Other	Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
bhaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bledo francés	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cat-t	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chalwaii	Other	Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006) Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
chalway	Other	Pl. for Snake/Scorpion Bite, N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
chauli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chawli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilike soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuko	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chulai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cifogot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cikapputtottakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirukirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
coimi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cuipa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dimesitu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
discipline des religieux	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ealish	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eyase	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
foxtail	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
foxtail amaranth	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
ganhar	Other	Med. Pl. in Shahgram Valley, Pakistan (Hassan et al., 2020)
gartenfuchsschwanz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
gya né	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
himo-geitō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inca wheat	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inca-wheat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inkaweizen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jataco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
julmaendeurami	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kaf-almehana	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
kedari-chua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keelu harive	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keere soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kef alemhena	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kidari-chua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiwicha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lao qiang gu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lessa	Other	Ethnobot. of Monochlamydeae Pl. from Kashmir (Farooq et al., 2014)
love-	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
love-lies-bleeding	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
marsha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
netakoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orf ed dik	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
phankza	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
pungikeerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
punki-k-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
quilete	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
quinoa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
raajagira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raajgeer	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raam-daanaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
raamadana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajadri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramdana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rasuveinok	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red-hot cattail	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rgya sne	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
sangorache	Other	Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
sirukeerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sirukeere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taj khorus	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
tassel flower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tukhm chaulai surkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tumbleweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utyuthu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yeteffre	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
རྒྱ་སྣེ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
老枪谷	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
老枪谷叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
老枪谷子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
老枪谷根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Leaves		Pl. for Snake/Scorpion Bite, N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Shahgram Valley, Pakistan (Hassan et al., 2020)
Plant		Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
Whole plant, leaves		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
leaves, inflorescence		Ethnobot. of Monochlamydeae Pl. from Kashmir (Farooq et al., 2014)
Inflorescence		Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
seed		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aerial parts		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amaranthus caudatus var. alopecurus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 256 (1849).
Amaranthus edulis Speg. Physis (Buenos Aires) 3: 163 (1917).
Amaranthus mantegazzianus Pass. Hort. Parm.: 4 (1865).
Amaranthus abyssinicus L.H.Bailey Man. Cult. Pl.: 252 (1924).
Amaranthus alopecurus Hochst. ex A.Br. & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1872(App.): 1 (1872).
Amaranthus cararu Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 274 (1849).
Amaranthus caudatus var. albiflorus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 255 (1849).
Amaranthus caudatus f. alopecurus (Moq.) Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 234 (1914).
Amaranthus caudatus subsp. mantegazzianus (Pass.) Hanelt Kulturpflanze 16: 128 (1968).
Amaranthus caudatus var. maximus (Mill.) Gorrie Miller's Dict. Gard.: 182 (1834).
Amaranthus caudatus subsp. saueri V.Jehlík Preslia 62: 164 (1990).
Amaranthus dussii Sprenger Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 21: 178 (1896).
Amaranthus edulis var. spadiceus Hunz. Revista Argent. Agron. 10: 330 (1943).
Amaranthus edulis var. typicus Hunz. Revista Argent. Agron. 10: 330 (1943), not validly publ.
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. caudatus (L.) Iamonico & Galasso Ital. Botanist 4: 34 (2017).
Amaranthus maximus Mill. Stirp. Austr. Fasc., ed. 2, 2: 454 (1769).
Amaranthus pendulinus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 255 (1849).
Amaranthus pendulus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 255 (1849).
Euxolus arvensis Rojas Acosta Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes: 78, 176 (1897).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amaranthus caudatus L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnobot. of Monochlamydeae Pl. from Kashmir (Farooq et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in Shahgram Valley, Pakistan (Hassan et al., 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Snake/Scorpion Bite, N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015) Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amaranthus caudatus L. alopecurus Moq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Amaranthus caudatus Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Amaranthus caudatus subsp. caudatus	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Amaranthus edulis Speg.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Amaranthus mantegazzianus Pass.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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