Pungai kirai PRODUCT NAME
Amaranthus paniculatus L. syn Amaranthus hybridus L. subsp. incurvatus (Gren. & Gdr.) Brenan var. paniculatus (L.) Mansf. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Pungai kirai |
| Local Name: | Polka Baji (Durva); Chua (Hindi); Pungai kirai (Tamil). |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
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| Product Description: | An erect or ascending herb, variously colored, up to 2m high, with stout, striate, branched stems, angular. Leaves ovate, elliptic or rhomboid-elliptic. up to 20 x 10cm , mucronate at apex, rounded at base, minutely dotted beneath; petioles up to 15cm long; secondary nerves about 10, without including the shorter intermediates. Flowers in axillary and terminal spikes, male and female flowers intermixed; bracts and bracteoles deltoid-ovate to deltoid-lanceolate. Tepals 5; capsules circumscissile, lid smooth. Seeds compressed, black |
| NTFP Classification: | Food and food ingredients (plant-derived) |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Common |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | leaves, leaflets, stems |
| Uses: | Tender leaves and stems eaten |
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| Partners: | IUCN |
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