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Taxon:  Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell.



Summary
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:
101534
Place of publication:
Fl. adv. Montpellier 203. 1912 Jan (Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 38(sér. 4, vol. 8):679. 1912; P. F. A. Ascherson & K. O. R. P. P. Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1):265. 1914)
Verified:
05/26/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
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  6. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
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  8. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
  9. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  10. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17. 1993
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  13. Mansfeld, R. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. 1959
  14. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  15. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  16. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
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  18. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  19. Sauer, J. D. 1967. The grain amaranths and their relatives: a revised taxonomic and geographic survey. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 54:122-126.
  20. Singh, N. P. et al., eds. Flora of Maharashtra state. 2000-2001
  21. Smith, A. C. Flora vitiensis nova. 1979-1991
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  23. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
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Common names
English
spleen amaranth –
French
brède de Malabar –
Portuguese (Brazil)
carurú –
Spanish
bledo –
bledos malezas –
pira –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico  
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCentral America  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
2CultivatedAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  
2CultivatedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
2CultivatedAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaZaire  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands 
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaNew Guinea  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanWest Indies  
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
4NaturalizedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMaharashtra 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJava 
4NaturalizedEurope Europe  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
  • MESOAMERICA: Central America
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Uganda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Zaire
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Sri Lanka
  • MALESIA: New Guinea, Indonesia [Lesser Sunda Islands]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: West Indies
Naturalized
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Maharashtra], Sri Lanka
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Java]
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
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=101534. Accessed 16 December 2025.

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