Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amaranthus caudatus 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:
achita	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
amarante caudée	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
amarante queue-de-renard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bhaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bledo francés	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cat-t	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chalway	Other	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in 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)
chulai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cifogot	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cikapputtottakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirukirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
coimi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cuipa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dimesitu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
discipline des religieux	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ealish	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
eyase	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
foxtail	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
foxtail amaranth	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
gartenfuchsschwanz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
inca wheat	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
inca-wheat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
inkaweizen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
jataco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
julmaendeurami	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
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 Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kidari-chua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiwicha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
lao qiang gu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
love-	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
love-lies-bleeding	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (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 (Kew, 1999)
phankza	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
punki-k-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
quilete	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
quinoa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
raajagira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raajgeer	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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 (Kew, 1999)
red-hot cattail	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
rgya sne	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
sirukeerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirukeere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm chaulai surkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tumbleweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utyuthu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
yeteffre	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
རྒྱ་སྣེ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)

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 and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)

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.) Corrie 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.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amaranthus caudatus L. alopecurus Moq.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Amaranthus caudatus Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Amaranthus caudatus subsp. caudatus	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Amaranthus edulis Speg.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Amaranthus mantegazzianus Pass.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)

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