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Description

The nutritious mildly flavoured leaves and young seedlings can be eaten raw or cooked and used as a spinach substitute. Seeds are used as a cereal substitute and used in porridges and bread. Other common Name: Smooth Pigweed, Green Amaranth;Slim Amaranth. Spanish: bledo;quelite. French: amarante hybride. Portuguese: caruru-de-folha-larga. Brazil: caruru-branco;caruru-roxo. Germany: Bastard - Amarant;Gruenaehriger. Japan: honagaaogeito. Netherlands: basterdamarant.

Amaranthus hybridus is a ANNUAL growing to 2 m .
It is hardy to zone 6 and is frost tender. It is in flower from July to September. The species is monoecious and is pollinated by Wind. The plant is self-fertile.
Suitable for: light , medium and heavy soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil.

Cultivation

Prefers a well-drained fertile soil in a sunny position. Requires a hot sheltered position if it is to do well. Plants should not be given inorganic fertilizers, see notes above on toxicity. Cultivated as a food crop in India, there are many named forms. This species has the potential, through crossbreeding, of imparting early maturity to the white seeded grain amaranths. Most if not all members of this genus photosynthesize by a more efficient method than most plants. Called the 'C4 carbon-fixation pathway', this process is particularly efficient at high temperatures, in bright sunlight and under dry conditions.

HabitatsOf uncertain origin
Habitatsit grows wild in cultivated fields and waste places.
HabitatsCultivated Beds
HabitatsCultivated Beds
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