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Amaranthus lividus

Authority L. Family Magnoliopsida:Caryophyllidae:Caryophyllales:Amaranthaceae Synonyms Amaranthus viridis var. leiocarpa Gagnep. Common names Editor Ecocrop code 2189

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION An erect herb with a branched stem and ovate or rhomboid-ovate, green or more or less purple leaves. USES Mainly used as a leafy vegetable. GROWING PERIOD Annual. Growing 30-50 days to first harvest. If the plant is cut back and not uprooted, it may continue growing for 120-300 days, and provide successive harvests. COMMON NAMES Livid amaranth, Bondue, Wild blite, Amaranth, Amarante, Bayam, Kulitis, Phti, Phak khom suan, Rau den. FURTHER INF Scientific synonym: A. thunbergii, A. blitum. Livid amaranth originated in South-East Asia. It can be found at elevations between sea level and 800 m. Adapted to low to medium humidity. Photosynthesis pathway C4. With a normal yield of 25 t/ha in 8 weeks about 125 kg N, 25 kg P, 250 kg K, 75 kg Ca and 40 kg Mg may be taken up from the soil.
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SOURCES (A. lividus L.) Tindall H 1983 pp 36-41 [FER, TEXT, PH, TEMP, PHO] Roecklein J 1987 pp 476 [USE] Duke J 1975 pp 6 [PH, RAIN, TEMP] Hackett C 1982 pp 25 [FER, PHO, DEP, PH, TEXT, TEMP] Janick J 1991 pp 211 Westphal E 1989 pp 34-37 [USE, LIG, TEMP, PHO, RAIN, FER, DRA, TEXT]