Amaranthus graecizans L.Family: Amaranthaceae
Synonyms: Amaranthus angustifolius Lam., Amaranthus angustifolius M.Bieb. ex Willd., Amaranthus angustifolius subsp. aschersonianus Thell., Amaranthus aschersonianus (Thell.) Chiov., Amaranthus blitum Moq., Amaranthus blitum var. graecizans (L.) Moq., Amaranthus blitum var. nanus Moq., Amaranthus graecizans subsp. aschersonianus (Thell.) Costea, D.M. Brenner & Tardif, Amaranthus graecizans subsp. graecizans, Amaranthus graecizans var. pachytepalus Aellen, Amaranthus graecizans subsp. thellungianus (Nevski ex Vassilcz.) Gusev, Amaranthus hierichuntinus Vis., Amaranthus roxburgianus var. aschersonianus (Thell.) N.C.Nair, Amaranthus thellungianus Nevski ex Vassilcz., Blitum graecizans (L.) Moench, Galliaria graecizans (L.) Nieuwl., Glomeraria graecizans (L.) Cav.
English: Tumble weed, pig weed
German: Griechischer Fuchsschwanz
Swedish: Grekamarant
Description: Annual herb, prostrate, branched from the base; plants glabrous. Leaves spiral; variable, lamina rhomboid-ovate or linear-lanceolate or linear, 2-4 × 0.5-2 cm, acute, cuneate at the base, glaucous green. Flowers all in axillary cymose clusters, male and female intermixed, males in the upper whorls. Perianth segments 3, 2-3mm. Stamens 3 in males. Stigmas 3, slender, flexuose in females. Capsule subglobose 2mm, usually strongly wrinkled. Seeds shining, compressed, black, faintly reticulate.
Habitat & location: Occasional in the rock crevices in hilly areas.
Use: The leaves are used as leafy vegetable.
Sufficient quantity of fresh leaves is pounded and a handful of the paste is boiled in water to make a decoction which is orally given once a day in constipation. [Medicinal Plants of Wadi El Gemal National Park ]
English: Tumble weed, pig weed
German: Griechischer Fuchsschwanz
Swedish: Grekamarant
Description: Annual herb, prostrate, branched from the base; plants glabrous. Leaves spiral; variable, lamina rhomboid-ovate or linear-lanceolate or linear, 2-4 × 0.5-2 cm, acute, cuneate at the base, glaucous green. Flowers all in axillary cymose clusters, male and female intermixed, males in the upper whorls. Perianth segments 3, 2-3mm. Stamens 3 in males. Stigmas 3, slender, flexuose in females. Capsule subglobose 2mm, usually strongly wrinkled. Seeds shining, compressed, black, faintly reticulate.
Habitat & location: Occasional in the rock crevices in hilly areas.
Use: The leaves are used as leafy vegetable.
Sufficient quantity of fresh leaves is pounded and a handful of the paste is boiled in water to make a decoction which is orally given once a day in constipation. [Medicinal Plants of Wadi El Gemal National Park ]
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