Jungali Chaulayi / Slender Amaranth
Amaranthus viridis
Also known as Wild Amaranth
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Jungali Chaulayi
Identify Jungali Chaulayi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Common weedy green amaranth.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate.
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Amaranthus viridis
- Genus
- Amaranthus
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Cutivated
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, Delhi, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Manipur, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“Numerous branches emerge from the base, and the leaves are ovate, 3–6 cm long, 2–4 cm wide, with long petioles of about 5 cm.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jungali Chaulayi itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish“The plant has terminal panicles with few branches, and small green flowers with 3 stamens.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“The plant has terminal panicles with few branches, and small green flowers with 3 stamens.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jungali Chaulayi itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- जंगली चौलाई Jungali chaulayi
- Nepali
- लट्टे साग Latte saag, लुण्डे Lunde, लुँडे साग Lunde saag
- Bengali
- বন নটে Ban note
- Tamil
- குள்ளத்தண்டுக்கீரை Kulla-T-Tantu-k-kirai, குப்பைக்கீரை Kuppai-k-kirai, முளைக்கீரை
- Telugu
- చిలక తోటకూర Chilaka-thotakoora, చిలక తోటకూర, అమరాంథస్ విరిడిస్
- Kannada
- ದಗ್ಗಿ ಸೊಪ್ಪು Daggi soppu, ಕೀರೆಸೊಪ್ಪು Keere soppu, ಸಣ್ಣಹಱಿವೆ
- Malayalam
- ചെറുച്ചീര Cherucheera, കുപ്പച്ചീര Kuppacheera, കുപ്പച്ചീര
- Marathi
- लहान माठ Lahan math, माठ Math, उनाडभाजी Unadabhaji
About Jungali Chaulayi
Slender Amaranth (Amaranthus viridis) is a herb in the Amaranthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and 23 other states. It grows in cutivated. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten and long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranth family
Jungali Chaulayi belongs to the Amaranthaceae family.
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