Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amaranthus hypochondriacus 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:
alegría	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amaranth	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
amaranto	Other	Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
careless weed	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
chua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
huantli	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
prince of wales-feather	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
prince's-feather	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
prince's-feather amaranth	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
prince-of-wales-feather	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
qian sui gu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ramdana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rana thampala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
the king grain	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
toppamarant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
trauer-fuchsschwanz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
umbleweed	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
රණතම්පලා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
‫حبة العافية‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
seeds		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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

Amaranthus frumentaceus Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 699 (1832).
Amaranthus hybridus var. erythrostachys Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 259 (1849).
Amaranthus hybridus var. hypochondriacus (L.) H.Rob. Rhodora 10: 32 (1908).
Amaranthus hybridus subsp. hypochondriacus (L.) Thell. Fl. Adv. Montpellier: 204 (1912).
Amaranthus leucocarpus S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 347 (1875).
Amaranthus leucospermus S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 446 (1887), nom. superfl.
Amaranthus anardana Buch.-Ham. ex Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 256 (1849).
Amaranthus atrosanguineus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 266 (1849).
Amaranthus bernhardii Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 258 (1849).
Amaranthus chlorostachys convar. erythrostachys (Moq.) Aellen Fl. Iranica 91: 5 (1972).
Amaranthus hybridus Vell. Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 28 (1831), nom. illeg.
Amaranthus hybridus f. hypochondriacus (L.) H.Rob. Rhodora 10: 66 (1908).
Amaranthus hybridus var. leucocarpus (S.Watson) Hunz. Revista Argent. Agron. 10: 340 (1943).
Amaranthus hypochondriacus var. macrostachys Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 256 (1849).
Amaranthus hypochondriacus var. monstrosus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 256 (1849).
Amaranthus hypochondriacus var. racemosus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 256 (1849).
Amaranthus hypochondriacus var. tortuosus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 256 (1849).
Amaranthus macrostachyus Mérat ex Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 256 (1849).
Amaranthus monstrosus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 256 (1849).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amaranth hypochondriacus L.	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Amaranthus frumentaceus Buch.-Ham.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Amaranthus hybridus L. hypochondriacus (L.)Thell.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Amaranthus hybridus L. var. hypocondriacus Roxburgh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Amaranthus hybridus var. erythrostachys	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Amaranthus hypochondriacus	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Amaranthus hypochondriacus L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Amaranthus leucocarpus S.Watson	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Amaranthus leucospermus S.Watson	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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