Plant Details

Accepted name:: Amaranthus viridis 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:
bagani dhap	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bledillo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
bredo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bredo-de-porco	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
calalu	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
caruru-miúdo	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
caruru-verde	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
cerucira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chalveray	Other	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
chaulai	Other	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
cheakeerae soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikli	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chilaka thota koora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilaka-thotakoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chilakathotakura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
china millet	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chinese spinach	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
cholai	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
chulai	Other	Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chuolae	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cilakiresoppu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dagglarive soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dagglisoppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daglisoppu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gandira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandri	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ganheri	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ganihar	Other	Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
gojha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
green amaranth	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
green pigweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hilamochaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iruvati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iruvatikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli chaulai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli-chauli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jao sag	Other	Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
kantiya	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
katageni	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
keere soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiresoppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kollaikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koora thampala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kullattantukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kundru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuppai-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuppaikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lahanamat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
latte	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
longe sag	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lude	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lunde	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
marsu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mate	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
matiya sag	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
matla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
morche sag	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mullancira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niccatakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niccatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyppalati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyppalatikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pigweed	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ran-bhaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rangan	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ranghya	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
seto lunde	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
siru keerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
slender amaranth	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spinach amaranth	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tanduliya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanduliyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanduliyaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tendula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vakucakkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vishaghna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild amaranth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yuyo colorado	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
කූර තම්පලා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
Leaves, Seeds, Whole plant, Roots		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Leaves, roots		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Leaves, Stem		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Leaves		Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
fresh leaf, entire plant		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
fresh leaf, entire plant		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
Aerial parts, Entire plant, Leaf, powder, Root, juice		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Albersia caudata (Jacq.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 992 (1879).
Amaranthus fasciatus Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 3: 609 (1832).
Amaranthus gracilis Desf. ex Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 312 (1810).
Chenopodium caudatum Jacq. Icon. Pl. Rar. 2(2): t. 344 (1789), nom. rej.
Albersia gracilis (Desf.) Webb & Berthel. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 3): 287 (1847).
Albersia polystachya (Willd.) Kunth Fl. Berol., ed. 2, 2: 144 (1823).
Amaranthus blitum Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 274 (1849), nom. illeg.
Amaranthus littoralis Bernh. ex Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 274 (1849).
Amaranthus polystachyus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6901 (1832), not validly publ.
Amaranthus polystachyus Willd. Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 385 (1805).
Euxolus caudatus (Jacq.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 274 (1849).
Euxolus caudatus var. gracilis Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 274 (1849).
Euxolus caudatus var. maximus Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 274 (1849).
Euxolus polystachyus (Willd.) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 1036 (1858).
Euxolus viridis (L.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 273 (1849).
Galliaria adscendens Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 186 (1897).
Glomeraria viridis (L.) Cav. Descr. Pl.: 319 (1802).
Pyxidium viride (L.) Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 274 (1849), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Albertia caudata (Jacq.)Boiss.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Amaranthus fasciatus Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amaranthus gracilis	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Amaranthus gracilis Desf.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Amaranthus gracilis Desfontaines	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Amaranthus gracilis Poir.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Amaranthus viridis	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Amaranthus viridis L	Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Amaranthus viridis L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Floral Knowledge of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in District Mastung of Balochistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Medicinal Plants of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amaranthus viridis Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Amaranthus viridis Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Amaranthus viridis Pollich ex Moq. Prodr.	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N. Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Amaranthus viridisLinn	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Amaranthus viridus L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Chenopodium caudatum Jacq.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)

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