Amaranthus polygonoides L., Pl. Jamaic. Pug. 27 1759. (Syn: Albersia polygonoides Kunth; Amaranthus berlandieri (Moq.) Uline & W.L.Bray; Amaranthus blitum Rchb. Ic. ex Steud. (ambiguous synonym); Amaranthus taishanensis F.Z.Li & C.K.Ni; Amaranthus verticillatus Pav. ex Moq. [Invalid]; Amblogyna polygonoides (L.) Raf.; Euxolus polygonoides Nakai; Glomeraria polygonoides (L.) Cav.; Roemeria polygonoides (L.) Moench; Sarratia berlandieri Moq.; Sarratia polygonoides Moq. (Unresolved)); USA (Florida, South Carolina, Texas), Mexico (Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas,
Coahuila, Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon,
San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas), Honduras,
Italy (I), Egypt (I), Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Virgin Isl. (St.
Croix, St. Thomas, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Antigua, Barbados,
Guadeloupe), Aruba, Curacao, Belize, China (I) (Anhui (I), Shandong (I)),
S-India (I), Bangladesh (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I) as per Catalogue of Life;
Please ID this small herbaceous plant that has medicinal/culinary values. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in March 2013. something I meant to ask you for quite sometime.... if you do not know its id then how do you know its medicinally important... was it an ethno botanical expedition where the tribal do not know the id? but then they will have their traditional names.. if so I would like it if you would please share it/ them with this forum ps i have enjoyed your pics so far. It is like Amaranthus spinosus Amaranthus polygonoides L.- Siru keerai in Tamil
Please ID this creeping plant which is used as a leafy vegetable. Amaranthaceae? Unfortnately no flowers. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Oct 2012. might be Amaranthus sp.; cf. A. blitoides. I agree with ... id Looks different from images of Amaranthus blitoides as per It should be Amaranthus polygonoides as per
Can you please ID this creeping medicinal herb. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Nov 2012. Really difficult to ID. Image quality not so good ! Amaranthus polygonoides References: |
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