bσrσbσrε (FCD) bσrч̃ (FCD) bσrч̃-mbεdε (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
ìnyàη˚ áfiá (Lowe) (NIGERIA, EFIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
ìnìnè applies to Amaranthus genus generally (JMD) ìnìnè olū, olū: farm (NWT; JMD) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
sσbuε (FRI) AKAN-ASANTE σtofammen red form, ben or men: red (FRI) (GHANA, ADANGME-KROBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
amarante du Soudan; épinard du Soudan (Busson): queue de renard (Walker)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
yambεli-na (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU-DYALONKE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
muσtsu red forms (FRI) sσbu green forms (FRI) (GHANA, ADANGME), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
ẹ̀fọ́o tẹ̀tẹ̀, èfó: vegetable (JMD) tẹ̀tẹ̀ = trample, trample (Verger) tẹ̀tẹ̀ ńlá, nla: big (JMD) tẹ̀tẹ̀ òyìbó = white man’s tete (JMD) tẹ̀tẹ̀ pòpó = Dahomey tete (JMD) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
Smooth amaranth, Flora of North America Vol. 4
green pigweed, Flora of North America Vol. 4
haako ndiyam = water leaf (JMD; J&D) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
green amaranth, Flora of North America Vol. 4
smooth pigweed, Flora of North America Vol. 4
boron (JMD) moron (JMD) (GUINEA, MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
lolo (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, VAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
Leone) boroboro (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, FULA-PULAAR (Sierra), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
boron (JMD) boron gbé green form (FB) boron ulé purple form (FB) moron (JMD) moron dye green form (FB) (MALI, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
fondolo red form (JMD; FCD) fondolo-bεndoŋ (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KISSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
bσrẻbσrε (FCD) bσrч̃ (FCD) bσrч̃-m-bεdε (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MANINKA (Koranko)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
kashia (JMD) URHOBO o#te#te# (JMD) (NIGERIA, TIV), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
hσndi (FCD) hσndi-gbogboli red form (JMD) hσndi-gowuli = white hondi, i.e., green form (JMD) hσndi-guli green form (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
gbuhaŋga (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, LIMBA (Tonko)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
mando (FCD) n-dolo (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, GOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
grins-ε (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, BULOM (Sherbro)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
Blood amaranth, Flora of North America Vol. 4
sedi boegui purple form (FB) sedi oregui green form (FB) sedi pelevegui bullous-leafed form (FB) (GUINEA, LOMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
grins = greens (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KRIO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
purple amaranth, Flora of North America Vol. 4
bredo femea (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, CRIOULO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
mbuma (JB) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
fondulo green form (FB) fondulo saman purple form (FB) fondulo sankura bullous-leafed form (FB) (GUINEA, KISSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
hybrid amaranth, Flora of North America Vol. 4
a-bonthila (auctt.) a-senduku cultivated forms (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
èbáfọ̄ (JMD) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
hσndi (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
enὲp (LB) (NIGERIA, BEROM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
bσrebσre-ba (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, LIMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
bura bura ba (JB) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
spinach; African spinach; Inca wheat (S America); bush greens (Sierra Leone, Deighton); love-lies-ableeding (forms with red or purple leaves and inflorescences)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
ẹfo (Elliott) (NIGERIA, YORUBA (Lokoja)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
(Pecí) madzẽ red form (FRI) (GHANA, GBE-VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
áláyyafóo, àláyyáfuú (auctt.) hakondiyam (ZOG) námíjìn gaásàyaá = male Gynandropsis; applies to Amaranthus genus generally (JMD) námíjìn zaákií bánzaá applies to several domestic weeds (JMD) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
εfan, fan green forms, and incl. various pot herbs (FRI; JMD) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
caterpillar amaranth, Flora of North America Vol. 4
bóró (GUINEA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
mbum i dyombor (JMD) mbum i kör = spinach of the house (JGA) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
bσbσε (FCD) bσbσ-wa (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KONO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
Flora
Entry for AMARANTHUS hybridus L. [family AMARANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by C. C. Townsend [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
AMARANTHUS hypochondriacusL. [family AMARANTHACEAE], (1753). [type as above]
Information
Erect or occasionally ascending annual, up to 3 m in some cultivated forms but much less in the wild, not infrequently ± reddish-tinted in part or throughout. Stems stout, simple to much-branched, glabrous or increasingly furnished upwards with long multicellular hairs. Petioles up to 15 cm long but scarcely longer than the 3–19(–30) x 1.5–8(–12) cm, broadly lanceolate to rhomboid or ovate blade, obtuse to subacute, glabrous or thinly pilose on the lower surface of the margins and primary venation. Flowers in axillary and terminal “spikes” of cymose clusters which become increasingly congested above, the terminal inflorescence of a single spike or a broad, much-branched panicle up to c. 45 x 25 cm with the terminal spike often somewhat nodding, male and female flowers intermixed. Tepals of female flowers 5, 1.5–3.5 mm, lanceolate-oblong, acute-aristate to blunt and mucronulate. Stigmas (2–)3. Capsule subglobose to ovoid-urceolate, 2–3 mm with a small and smooth to inflated or wrinkled beak, circumscissile. Seeds faintly reticulate, lenticular.
