Amaranthus hybridus subsp. quitensis (Kunth) Costea & Carretero

Amarante de Quito (fr)

Subspecies

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Characteristics

An annual plant which grows to 1 m high.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c4

Environment

A tropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The leaves are edible cooked. The seeds are ground into flour and cooked. The red flower provides colouring for foods. CAUTION: This plant can accumulate nitrates if grown with high nitrogen inorganic fertilisers and these are poisonous.
Uses dye food food additive food dye medicinal poison weed
Edible flowers leaves seeds stems
Therapeutic use Diuretic (unspecified), Hepatitis (unspecified), Poison(Veterinary) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) 12 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Amaranthus hybridus subsp. quitensis world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Canada, Germany, Ecuador, Greece, Portugal, Paraguay, and Uruguay

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1204053-2
WFO ID wfo-0000530282
COL ID 7J8ZC
BDTFX ID 168241
INPN ID 966841
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Synonyms

Amaranthus quitensis Amaranthus hybridus var. quitensis Amaranthus hybridus subsp. quitensis Amaranthus retroflexus subsp. quitensis