Amaranthus tricolor Ramasitalika Lal sag Alpamarisa

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Amaranthus tricolor

Scientific Name and Description

Amaranthus tricolor L.

Herb Family

Amaranthaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Amaranthus gangeticus L.
Amaranthus mangostanus L.
Amaranthus polygamus L.
Amaranthus amboinicus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Amaranthus bicolor Nocca ex Willd.
Amaranthus cuspidatus Vis.
Amaranthus dubius Mart. nom. inval.
Amaranthus flexuosus Moq.
Amaranthus gangeticus L.
Amaranthus inamoenus Willd.
Amaranthus incomptus Willd.
Amaranthus japonicus Houtt. ex Willd.
Amaranthus japonicus Houtt. ex Steud.
Amaranthus lanceolatus Roxb.
Amaranthus lancifolius Roxb.
Amaranthus lividus Roxb. nom. illeg.
Amaranthus mangostanus Blanco
Amaranthus melancholicus L.[1]
Amaranthus oleraceus Roxb.
Amaranthus polygamus Roxb.
Amaranthus rotundifolius Moq.
Amaranthus salicifolius H.J.Veitch
Amaranthus tristis L.
Blitum gangeticum Moench
Blitum melancholicum Moench
Glomeraria bicolor Cav. ex Moq.
Glomeraria tricolor (L.) Cav.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	joseph s coat, tampala
Hindi	chaulai, chaulai sag, deokati, lal sag, lal-sag, lalnatiya, rajkiri, sarvari,Chaulai, Lal sag, Tamarai
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,Mathya
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, tantuli, 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,Tandra keerai
Urdu	tukhm sarwali
Bengali	Mouriya
Common names	Chinese spinach, vegetable amaranth, simply tricolor amaranth, elephant-head amaranth

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Folk

Herb usable parts

Fruits

Seeds

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Amaranthus tricolor L

Habit- Herb

Parts used - Whole plant

Application - Blood purifier; anemia; dandruff; ringworm; mensturation pain; leucorrhea; increases breast milk; kidney stone; constipation; ear problem; ulcers; indigestion

Treatment - General

References - Bhat et al. 2012, Horo and Topno 2015, Shanmugam et al. 2012