Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amaranthus tricolor 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:
alpamarisa	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amarante comestible	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
amarante tricolore	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
amaranto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ancan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
appulaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
appulakittantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arai-k-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
araikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
araikkirai#	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aramaseetalam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ariki sira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arikirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arukirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aupa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bhadara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhaji	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
caleyakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caleyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caleyanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
callaloo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
callika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cankumutaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cankumutakicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkirai-t-tantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cerikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaulai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaulai sag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chavalaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chavli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikka harive soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikkarive	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
chikkeere soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinese amaranth	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese spinach	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
chinese-spinach	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chiri koora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chirukirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chivika soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cholai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinnamulikakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinnamulikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciru kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirukirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittacantacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittacantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dant.v	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dantina soppu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dantu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dantu koora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dantu palya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dantu soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
deokati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doggalikoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
domgli-bhaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dreifarbenamaranth	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
erra doggali koora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erra totakura	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ganna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
geerakasaale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gemüseamarant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
goraji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gurugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hageitō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
harave soppu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hiyu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ilantantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jalaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
joseph s coat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
joseph's coat	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
joseph's-coat	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
joseph´s coat amaranth	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
kacakitakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacakitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaciniyilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalancakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalancu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuvilatikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keerake saale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempudantu soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempuharive	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
killukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiraittantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koordoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koyyatotakoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koyyinkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kullattantukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal marsa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
lal marsa sag	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
lal sag	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal shak	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
lal-sag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalnatiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marisa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mash	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
math	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mattuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mattukattuantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
meghanada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mekanada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moco de pavo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mulaikkeerai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mulaikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulaittantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
māriṣarakta	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
naeneyakki gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilattantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oseph	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
paccaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paccakikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pannai-k-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panyasaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papegojamarant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
perugu thotakoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pillaikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piratikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pokla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajkiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ramasitalika	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ranmaath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rattirakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rocukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rocukkiraittantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rāmaśitalikā (whole plant)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
saegbireum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sarvari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirukeerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirukoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sudut hampala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
summer-poinsettia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
surinamesischer fuchsschwanz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tamdi-bhaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tampala	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tandaljo	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tandukkeerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanduliya	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tanduliyaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tandulji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tantankirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tantukirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tantulikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thambada maath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thandukkeerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thandukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thandulajaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thotakoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tota kura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm sarwali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulukattantucceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulukatttantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uromacitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urucikari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utaivalaikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valukkopikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatacurancacani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venkiraittantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
xian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ārāmaśītalikā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
සුදු තම්පලා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
whole plant	dried whole plant	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 60 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amaranthus gangeticus L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 1268 (1759).
Amaranthus mangostanus L. Cent. Pl. I: 32 (1755).
Amaranthus polygamus L. Cent. Pl. I: 32 (1755).
Amaranthus tristis L. Sp. Pl.: 989 (1753).
Albersia polygama Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 991 (1879).
Amaranthus amboinicus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6987 (1832).
Amaranthus bicolor Nocca ex Willd. Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 384 (1805).
Amaranthus cuspidatus Vis. Cat. Hort. Patav.: s.p. (1841).
Amaranthus flexuosus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 260 (1849).
Amaranthus gangeticus var. angustifolius Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 261 (1849).
Amaranthus gangeticus var. angustior L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 1: 21 (1920).
Amaranthus gangeticus var. linearis (Guillaumin) Guillaumin Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, sér. 6, 5-6: 21 (1948).
Amaranthus gangeticus var. obovatus (Moq.) Guillaumin Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, sér. 6, 5-6: 21 (1948).
Amaranthus gangeticus var. parvifolius Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 261 (1849).
Amaranthus gangeticus var. rotundifolius Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 261 (1849).
Amaranthus gangeticus f. splendens Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 868 (1895).
Amaranthus henderi Hurst Gard. Chron., n.s., 2: 738 (1874).
Amaranthus inamoenus Willd. Hist. Amaranth.: 14 (1790).
Amaranthus japonicus Houtt. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 36 (1821).
Amaranthus japonicus Houtt. ex Willd. Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 386 (1805).
Amaranthus lanceolatus Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 3: 607 (1832).
Amaranthus lancifolius Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 67 (1814).
Amaranthus lividus Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 3: 605 (1832), nom. illeg.
Amaranthus mangostanus var. major Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 262 (1849).
Amaranthus mangostanus var. parvifolius Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 262 (1849).
Amaranthus melancholicus L. Sp. Pl.: 989 (1753).
Amaranthus melancholicus var. linearis Guillaumin Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 274 (1919 publ. 1920).
Amaranthus melancholicus var. obovatus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 262 (1849).
Amaranthus melancholicus var. parvifolius Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 262 (1849).
Amaranthus melancholicus ruber J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 653 (1861).
Amaranthus melancholicus var. tricolor (L.) Lam. ex Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 262 (1849).
Amaranthus mucronatus Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 720 (1885).
Amaranthus oleraceus Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 3: 605 (1832), sensu auct.
Amaranthus polygamus Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 3: 607 (1832), nom. illeg.
Amaranthus rotundifolius Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 261 (1849).
Amaranthus roxburghianus var. angustifolius (Moq.) N.C.Nair J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 73: 61 (1976).
Amaranthus salicifolius H.J.Veitch Gard. Chron. 1871: 1550 (1871).
Amaranthus tenuifolius Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6893 (1832).
Amaranthus tricolor var. acutus Saubhik Das Phytotaxa 88: 27 (2013).
Amaranthus tricolor var. bicolor Rob. Subtrop. Gard.: 56 (1871).
Amaranthus tricolor var. bicolor-ruber Rob. Subtrop. Gard.: 56 (1871).
Amaranthus tricolor var. elegantissimus Rob. Subtrop. Gard.: 57 (1871).
Amaranthus tricolor var. gangeticus (L.) Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 322 (1898).
Amaranthus tricolor subsp. mangostanus (L.) Aellen in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2, 3(2): 495 (1959).
Amaranthus tricolor var. mangostanus (L.) Aellen in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2, 3(2): 495 (1959).
Amaranthus tricolor var. melancholicus (L.) Lam. Encycl. 1: 115 (1783).
Amaranthus tricolor var. polygamus (L.) Aellen in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2, 3(2): 495 (1959).
Amaranthus tricolor var. ruber Rob. Subtrop. Gard.: 57 (1871).
Amaranthus tricolor var. splendens L.H.Bailey in unknown publication.
Amaranthus tricolor subsp. tristis (L.) Aellen in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2, 3(2): 495 (1959).
Amaranthus tricolor var. tristis (L.) Thell. in P.F.A.Ascherson & K.O.R.Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1): 267 (1914).
Amaranthus tristis var. wightii Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 260 (1849).
Amaranthus versicolor Verschaff. ex Regel Gartenflora 14: 251 (1865).
Blitum gangeticum (L.) Moench Methodus: 359 (1794).
Blitum melancholicum Moench Methodus: 359 (1794).
Euxolus polygamus (L.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 272 (1849).
Glomeraria bicolor Cav. ex Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 262 (1849).
Glomeraria tricolor (L.) Cav. Elench. Pl. Horti Matr.: 16 (1803).
Pyxidium gangeticum (L.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 261 (1849), not validly publ.
Pyxidium melancholicum Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 262 (1849), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amaranthus gangeticus L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amaranthus mangostanus L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amaranthus polygamus L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amaranthus tricolor	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Amaranthus tricolor L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amaranthus tricolor Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Amaranthus tricolor Paol.	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Amaranthus tristis Willd.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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