Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. ed. 2, 2:1405. 1763
Verified:
02/04/2003
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
green amaranth – pigweed – Prince-of-Wales-feather – slender amaranth – tropical green amaranth – French
amarante verte – German
grüner Amarant – Portuguese
cararu – Portuguese (Brazil)
bredo – carurú-comum – carurú-de-mancha – carurú-de-porco – carurú-de-soldado – Spanish
bledo – Transcribed Chinese
zhou guo xian –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 2 | Cultivated | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Papua New Guinea | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
| 6 | Other | | | | | |
Cultivated
Africa
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Gabon, Zaire
Asia-Tropical
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MALESIA:
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Southern America
Naturalized
()
Other
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Human food | vegetable | | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998 |
| Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2808.
Accessed 16 December 2025.