Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amaranthus tortuosus Hornem. [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	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bledo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bledos malezas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
brède de malabar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
carurú	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinese spinach	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chiswenya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dodo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
doodo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eboga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
emboga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
emboka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gbedebede	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hondi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
i-okuronit	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
i-okuroniti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kabontila	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kelichot	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kichanya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kipkanding'wa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kiswenya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kiswenya-kithithe (small form)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kizenya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lidodo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
litoto	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mboga ensoga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mboga makudho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mchicha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mgbuamgbua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mir	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
muterere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nanyi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nterere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ntererei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nyanyi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nyoni	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ododo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omboga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
onvoko	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ptanya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
quelite	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
raprapa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red green	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
red spinach	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spleen amaranth	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
telele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
terere	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
w'oa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amaranthus dubius Mart. Pl. Hort. Erlang.: 197 (1814), nom. nud.
Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell. Fl. Adv. Montpellier: 203 (1912).
Amaranthus dubius var. crassespicatus Suess. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 73 (1951).
Amaranthus dubius var. flexuosus (Moq.) Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 266 (1914).
Amaranthus dubius var. xanthostachys (Moq.) Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 266 (1914).
Amaranthus hybridus f. acicularis Suess. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 1: 4 (1950).
Amaranthus incomptus Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 64 (1814), nom. nud.
Amaranthus spinosus f. inermis Lauterb. & K.Schum. Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 305 (1900).
Amaranthus tristis var. flexuosus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 260 (1849).
Amaranthus tristis var. xanthostachys Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 260 (1849).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amaranthus dubius	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Amaranthus dubius Mart, ex Thell.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Amaranthus dubius Mart.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Amaranthus dubius Mart. Ex Thellung	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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