Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amaranthus spinosus 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:
adak-dhatura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alpamaarish	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
alpamarisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amaranthi spinosi folii extractum spissum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
amaranthi spinosi folium	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 2) (DKRI, 2011)
ataco espinudo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
auia kiaka	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
bagani dhap	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bahuvirya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bandani	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
banlunde	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bayam duri	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bayam hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bhandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhandira	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bledo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bledo espinoso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bledo macho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blero	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bredo-bravo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bredo-de-espinho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
careless weed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
carelessweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
caruru-de-espinho	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
carurú-bravo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
carurú-de-espinho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cauleyi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cemmulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cemmullikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cerucira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chalveray	Other	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
chanalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chepkuratian	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chikli	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chiri	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
cholai	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cholayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chulai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ci xian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
civappumullikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cì cì cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cì xiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cì xiàn cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
da,ad	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
dant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daun bayam duri	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 2) (DKRI, 2011)
dhalya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dhutighans	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dorniger fuchsschwanz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
edlebur	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ekstrak kental daun bayam duri	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
epespes	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
erramullugoranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erumaikkacikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erumaikkacikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
espina de la playa	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
espinaca de malabar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ettamulugoranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ganhar	Other	Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
ghanasvana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghano chalwae	Other	Contaminat. of Soil, Med. and Fodder Pl., Pakistan (Nawab et al., 2015)
goja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
granthila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hin-nu-new-subauk	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
huisquilite	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ikamasei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
imbowa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
imbuya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ixtez	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kandakamarisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kande	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kandera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanre mate	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kanta chaulai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kanta-choulae	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanta-nutiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantaili-chaulai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantanotey	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
kantarceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kante math	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kante-bhaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kante-wali-chawli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantebhaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantelu marsu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantemat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantenatia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanterimat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantevali	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kantewali-chaulai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantio chandelo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantiya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
karsussa	Other	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
katageni	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kataili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kataitichauiai	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
katakhuduira	Other	Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015)
katar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kate math	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kateli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katemath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katili-chaulai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kattu-mullen-keera	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
katu thampala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
khar-grope	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kiswenya-cha-miya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kiswenya-korati	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kuluk-kirai	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kuppaikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuppaimulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuppaimullikirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
labtzeta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lode	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lomodoc	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lookwa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lude	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lunde	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lunde kanda	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lungedha	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
m'guta	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
macica	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
makhan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
malabar spinach	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
malabarspinat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
malluharivesopu	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
maruwa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mayaso	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mboa wa chilungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mborochet	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
meghanada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
megharava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
meghnaad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
misbredie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohwa-guru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mowa daga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mulla thota-kura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulla-dantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulladantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullan-chira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullanchira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullancira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullankirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullaravesoppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulliccivappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulliccivappukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullik-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullluharive soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullu dantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullu gorakoochi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullu harive soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullu keere soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulludantina soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulluharivesoppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mulluithota koora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulluk-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullukeerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullukeere soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullukiresoppu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mullukkeerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mullukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mundla-tota-kura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mundlatotakoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mundlatotakura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nairepirepi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nalla doggali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalla-doggali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalladoggali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
needlebur	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ododo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
paniccakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathyashaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phakurikabi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pigweed	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
prickly amara	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
prickly amaranth	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rajgira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangalo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
rangan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
rau dền gai	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
sere pelele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sikukuu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
soldier- weed	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
sphurjathu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spiny amaranth	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spiny amaranthus	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
spiny pigweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
spring pigweed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sushaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svanitavhaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
syolbakhaia	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ta-ndu-la-ka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tandula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tandulaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tandulanama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tandulasahvaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanduleeya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanduleraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tandulibija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanduliya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tanduliyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanduliyaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tandulja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tandulla	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
terere wa kigombe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
terere-wa-ng'ombe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thanduliya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thorny amaranth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thorny amaranthus	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
thorny misbredie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
thorny pigweed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tingenodi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tsaman	Other	Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002)
tsetz	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tǔ xiàn cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vanamacikakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanamacikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vannikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vannikkiraicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varataru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varatarukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishaghn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
wild amaranthus	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yerra mullu-gorinta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yě xiàn cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yě 竻 xiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhū mǔ cì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
épinard cochon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
épinard malabre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
කටු තම්පලා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
刺刺草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
刺苋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
刺苋菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
刺莧	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
刺莧菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
土苋菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
竻 xiàn cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
竻苋菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
簕 xiàn cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
簕苋菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
簕莧菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豬母刺	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野竻苋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野苋菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Leaves and young shoots		Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
Leaves, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Leaf, root		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
entire plant, root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Whole plant, leaf, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Leaves		Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
Leaves		Contaminat. of Soil, Med. and Fodder Pl., Pakistan (Nawab et al., 2015)
Whole plant, roots		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
root, leaves, stem, whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaves		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
Root, seed		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
fresh leaf, leaf, root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, root		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Dried rhizome, Entire plant, Leaf, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amaranthus caracasanus Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 195 (1818).
Amaranthus coracanus Mart. Pl. Hort. Erlang.: 197 (1814).
Amaranthus diacanthus Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 31 (1817).
Amaranthus spinosus var. basiscissus Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 269 (1914).
Amaranthus spinosus var. circumscissus Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 269 (1914).
Amaranthus spinosus var. indehiscens Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 269 (1914).
Amaranthus spinosus var. purpurascens Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 260 (1849).
Amaranthus spinosus var. pygmaeus Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt. 1: 83 (1844).
Amaranthus spinosus var. rubricaulis Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 20 (1842).
Amaranthus spinosus var. viridicaulis Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 20 (1842).
Galliaria spitosa (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 278 (1914).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amaranthus Spinosus L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Amaranthus espinosus L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Amaranthus spinosus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Contaminat. of Soil, Med. and Fodder Pl., Pakistan (Nawab et al., 2015) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Amaranthus spinosus L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (sup. 2) (DKRI, 2011) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of the Popoluca, Mexico (Leonti et al., 2002) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) 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 spinosus L..	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Amaranthus spinosus Linn	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Amaranthus spinosus Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Amaranthus spinosus Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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