Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Amaranthus polygamus
Scientific Name and Description
Amaranthus tricolor L
Amaranthus polygamus L.
Amaranthus polygamus L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Amaranthus gangeticus L.
Amaranthus mangostanus L.
Amaranthus mangostanus L.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | joseph s coat, tampala |
| Hindi | chaulai, chaulai sag, deokati, lal sag, lal-sag, lalnatiya, rajkiri, sarvari |
| Kannada | chikka harive soppu, chikkeere soppu, chivika soppu, dantina soppu, dantu, dantu palya, dantu soppu, geerakasaale, goraji, keerake saale, kempudantu soppu, kempuharive, kunambu, naeneyakki gida |
| Marathi | chavalaayi, chavli, domgli-bhaji, koordoo, pokla, ranmaath, tamdi-bhaji, tandulji, thambada maath, thandulajaa |
| Sanskrit | alpamarisa, ariki sira, ganna, jalaja, marisa, meghanada, mekanada, panyasaka, ramasitalika, tanduliya, tanduliyaka |
| Tamil | ancan, appulaki, appulakittantu, cankumutaki, cankumutakicceti, cenkirai-t-tantu, cerikkirai, chirukirai, ciru kirai, cirukirai, cittacantacceti, cittacantam, ilantantu, kalancakacceti, kalancu, karuvilatikam, katampam, killukkirai, kiraittantu, kullattantukkirai, mattuka, mattukattuantu, mulaikkirai, mulaittantu, mutikkirai, nilattantu, paccaki, paccakikkirai, pannai-k-kirai, pillaikkirai, pirati, piratikkirai, rocukkirai, rocukkiraittantu, sirukeerai, tantankirai, tantu, tantukirai, tantuli1, tantulikkirai, thandukkeerai, thandukkirai, ulukattantucceti, ulukatttantu, utaivalaikkirai, valukkopikam, venkiraittantu |
| Telugu | bhadara, chiri koora, dant.v, dantu koora, doggalikoora, erra doggali koora, gurugu, kamulu, koyyatotakoora, perugu thotakoora, sirukoora, thotakoora, tota kura |
| Urdu | tukhm sarwali |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Leaves
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Amaranthus polygamus L. Herb Leaves, root, seed Good detoxin; Aphrodisiac General Dhivya and Kalaichelvi 2015
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Dhivya and Kalaichelvi 2015
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)