Amaranthus tortuosus Hornem.

This species is native to Mexico, extending to Tropical America; introduced and naturalised worldwide. (Ref. POWO; 2023). There are 6 species of Amaranthus found in Oman. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).

علم تشكل النبات


Erect annual herb ; up to 50 cm tall . Stems erect to ascending , rather slender to stout , usually branched , angular . Leaves alternate , 1 . 5–5×0 . 5–3 cm , ovate to rhomboid-ovate , apex obtuse or retuse , base tapering into a short or long petiole up to ± 8 . 5 cm long , glabrous , or thinly and shortly pilose on the inferior surface . Inflorescences in axillary clusters , the lower spikes entirely female , the upper spikes with female flowers below and the male flowers at the top , rarely intermixed ; bracts ovate , membranous , aristate . Flowers unisexual , green ; perianth 5 , 1–2 mm , narrow-oblong , with a white membranous margin , midrib green and produced into a short mucro ; stigmas 3 , flexuose or reflexed , ± 0 . 75–1 mm long . Fruit capsule , ± 1 . 5 mm , subglobose , with an inflat- ed beak , wrinkled , dehiscent . Seeds 1–1 . 25 mm , compressed , black , shining , faintly reticulate . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .

وقت الإزهار


No Data

الوضع البيئي الحالي


Not Evaluated (NE)

الوفرة


Not Common

التوزيع الجغرافي والبيئي


الوصف غير متاح حاليًا

Distribution Map

المرادفات


Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell.
Amaranthus incomptus Willd.

الإكثار


No data

العناية بالنبات


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الأسماء الشائعة


Indian Spinach
Marog
Wild Spinach
Red Spinach
Chinese Spinach

الأسماء المحلية


Not available

الاستخدامات


Not recorded yet.

المراجع


*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://en.wiktionary.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman) Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated ... Expand

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