Amaranthus retroflexus

Taxonomy:       

Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Tracheophytes Class: Angiosperms Class: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Amaranthus Species: A.retroflexus

             

Synonym:

§  Amaranthus patulus subsp. delilei 

§  Amaranthus retroflexus L. var. retroflexus

§  Amaranthus bulgaricus

 

How to identify it?

Amaranthus retroflexus is an annual plant of the Amaranthaceae family native to North and Central America. Edible with alternate leaves, simple in shape, flowers in spike or petiole, green. It blooms from July to October with a length of 20 to 90 cm. Stems and branches hairy reddish. Leaves are light green, oval, long stems, small dense evergreen flowers. The fruits are oval in shape, and contain small, shiny black seeds.

 

Type Of Plant	Life Cycle	Height	Flowering Time	Altitude
Herbaceous	Annual	20  to 80 cm	June to October	0-200 m

Mediterranean	Edible	Color	Abundance	Toxicity
Yes	Very good	Green	Common	No

 

Other Common Name:

Arabic	Berber/Targui	English	French	Other Name
Kotiffa khadra/dellaq		Green amaranth	L’amarante réfléchie/blé rouge	Rough pigweed /Redroot pigweed

 

 

Related species:

§  Amaranthus blitoides

§  Amaranthus blitum

§  Amaranthus caudatus

§  Amaranthus cruentus

§  Amaranthus deflexus

§  Amaranthus graecizans

§  Amaranthus graecizans subsp. silvestris

§  Amaranthus hybridus subsp. hybridus

§  Amaranthus retroflexus

§  Amaranthus viridis