Chanchali / False Amaranth
Digera muricata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Chanchali
Identify Chanchali 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: Edible leafy weed (false amaranth).
- Confirm leaf shape: Simple oval/lance-shaped.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Amaranthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Chanchali.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Digera muricata
- Genus
- Digera
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Arabia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, West Bengal, Chandigarh, Bihar, Daman & Diu, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Simple oval/lance-shapedrecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chanchali itself; the rest are typical of the Amaranthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Typical of the Amaranthaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- चंचली Chanchali, लहसुआ Lahsuva, लटमहूरिया Latmahuria
- Bengali
- লতা মৌরী Lata mouri
- Tamil
- தொய்யாக்கீரை Toyya-k-kirai
- Telugu
- చెంచలిచెట్టు Chenchalicettu
- Kannada
- ಚೆಂಚಲಿಸೊಪ್ಪು Chenchalisoppu, ಗೊರಜೆಪಲ್ಲೆ Gorajepalle
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടുചീര Kattucheera
- Marathi
- गेठण Getan, कुंजर Kunjar, तांदूळ कुंद्रा Taandul kundra
- Gujarati
- કણજરો
About Chanchali
False Amaranth (Digera muricata) is a herb in the Amaranthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and 16 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Amaranthaceae
Amaranth family
Chanchali belongs to the Amaranthaceae family.
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