Scientific Name: Amaranthus spinosus L.
Family: Amaranthaceae(Amaranth Family)
Vernacular name: Cherucheera,
Mullencheera, Kattumullenkeera (Malayalam)
Tribal name: Mullancheera
(Paniya, Kuruma); Mullankkerai (Kattunaikka)
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Scrub jungle,
waste places
Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Tribal consumers:
Paniya, Kattunaikka, Kuruma
Parts Used:
Whole plant (After Cooking)
Seasonal Availability:
Throughout the year
Key identification features: Erect,
profusely branched herb with grooved stems and sharp divaricate spines. Leaves
ovate to elliptic-lanceolate with an attenuate base and obtuse apex. Flowers found
in terminal panicled spikes or axillary, sessile clusters. Male flowers with 5
stamens; female flowers with solitary ovules and 2-3 stigmas. Fruit a
circumcissile utricle with minute discoid seeds.
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