Common Name(s):Amaranth , Callaloo , Jamaican CallalooLatin Name : Amaranthus spp . Plant Family : AmaranthaceaeSize:18”Edible : YesMedicinal : NoWhere Found : Disturbed ground , roadsides , building site , gardensFlowering Time : class - roundFruit : comestible seedsNative : UnknownUses : Edible Greens , Grain
Amaranth Identification and Description
Amaranth is an easy to identify relation of Spinacia oleracea ( Spinacia oleracea ) .
Its leaves are edible peeled or cooked , though bare-assed leaf can cause a peevish sensation in the pharynx due to the front of oxalic dot . There are many naturalize form of amaranth , including varieties grown for their foliage and others grown for their seeds . The leaves diverge from self-colored green to green and ruby , and even upstanding reddish , purple and chicken in cultivated forms .
A tame form of amaranth
The seminal fluid , though not a unfeigned caryopsis , can be used as such , though wild forms of amaranth are n’t deserving the trouble since their seed head are small .
The germ head of a wild mannikin of amaranth
A cultivated texture - type of amaranth
A cultivated form of amaranth
Cooked greens have a pleasant texture and excellent tang . They are very in effect in stir - fries and with shin eggs . Or as a steamed side - cup of tea . Young staunch and all the Green can be consume . The greens are nourishing and high in iron . In the Caribbean they are often recommended to mothers recovering from childbirth .
Propagation and Culture
Amaranth develop quickly with the comer of the showery season and will produce edible green within a calendar month of germination .
Improved varieties are as easy to grow as their weedy relatives though seed is not coarse in computer memory . Amaranth is a fertile self - seeder and will readily return in the garden , especially if the soil is disturbed .
If a nurseryman does not want a bunch of amaranth volunteers in the next class ’s gardens , he should remove the seed heads before maturity . Cutting back amaranth plants will induce young leaf output and the plants can be harvested multiple times during the time of year . risky amaranth is a common “ weed ” in gardens when the the territory is broken and is often harvested as a potherb by gardeners when not originate as a chief harvest .
A cultivated form of amaranth
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The seed head of a wild form of amaranth
A cultivated grain-type of amaranth
