Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amaranthus retroflexus 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:
amaranth	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
eshakshura	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
gultojihuroz	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
kayrylgan amarant	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
oshba alqanzeer	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
redroot amaranth	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
shchiritsa zaprokinutaya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
叶象花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野苋子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
Leaves		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
aboveground parts, flowering plant, roots, young stems, leaves		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

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

Amaranthus dubius E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 5: 141 (1901), not intended as an epithet.
Amaranthus bulgaricus Kov. in unknown publication.
Amaranthus bullatus Besser ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 928 (1824).
Amaranthus chlorostachys Willk. in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 275 (1862), sensu auct.
Amaranthus curvifolius Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 928 (1824).
Amaranthus delilei Richt. & Loret Bull. Soc. Bot. France 13: 316 (1866).
Amaranthus johnstonii Kov. Nauchni Trudove Selskost. Inst. "Vasil Kolarov" 23: 50 (1978).
Amaranthus patulus subsp. delilei (Richt. & Loret) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 621 (1881).
Amaranthus recurvatus Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 39 (1829).
Amaranthus retroflexus subsp. delilei (Richt. & Loret) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32: 183 (2000).
Amaranthus retroflexus var. delilei (Richt. & Loret) Thell. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 52: 442 (1907).
Amaranthus retroflexus var. genuinus Thell. ex Probst Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Solothurn 6: 26 (1920), not validly publ.
Amaranthus retroflexus var. major Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 258 (1849).
Amaranthus retroflexus f. rubricaulis Thell. ex Probst Mitt. Naturf. Ges. Solothurn 6: 26 (1920).
Amaranthus retroflexus var. rubricaulis Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 260 (1914).
Amaranthus retroflexus var. salicifolius I.M.Johnst. J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 157 (1944).
Amaranthus rigidus Schult. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 70 (1840).
Amaranthus spicatus Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 192 (1779).
Amaranthus strictus Ten. Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol.: 128 (1831), nom. nud.
Amaranthus texidoris Sennen & Gonzalo Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1925-1926: n.° 5539 (1927).
Amaranthus tremolsii Sennen Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1928-1929: n.° 6889 (1930).
Amaranthus × wilczekii Sennen & Gonzalo Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1928-1929: n.° 6890 (1936).
Galliaria retroflexa (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 278 (1914).
Galliaria scabra Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 187 (1897).
Pyxidium retroflexum (L.) Montandon in F.Friche-Joset, Syn. Fl. Jura: 261 (1856).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amaranthus dubius E.H.L.Krause	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Amaranthus retrofexus	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Amaranthus retroflexus	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Amaranthus retroflexus L.	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) 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)

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