Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week :: DV10 :: 15 AUG 09 11:37:23 :: Amaranthus spinosus along NH 8 near Chinchoti

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Dinesh Valke

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Feb 4, 2013, 7:43:02 AM2/4/13
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Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae Week
goosefoot AND amaranth families
Amaranthus spinosus L.

am-uh-RANTH-us -- everlasting flower ... Dave's Botanary
spy-NO-sus -- with spines ... Dave's Botanary


commonly known as: edlebur, needle burr, prickly amaranth, spiny amaranth, thorny amaranth, thorny pigweed • Bengali: kantanotya • Gujarathi: kantanu-dant • Hindi: कांटा चौलाई kanta chaulai • Kannada: ದಮ್ಟಿನ ಸೋಪ್ಪು dantina soppu • Malayalam: kattumullenkeera • Manipuri: চেংগ্ক্রুক chengkruk • Marathi: कांटेभाजी kante bhaji, कांटेमाठ kante math • Sanskrit: tanduliuyah • Tamil: முள்ளுக்கீரை mullukkeerai • Telugu: ముళ్లతోటకూర mullatotakura


Naturalized: widely naturalized weed of tropic, subtropic, & warm-temperate regions

Reference: Flowers of IndiaPIERNPGS / GRINCommon Indian Wild Flowers by Isaac Kehimkar
along NH 8 near Chinchoti on 15 AUG 09

Mullukkeerai (Tamil: முள்ளுக்கீரை)

Mullatotakura (Telugu: ముళ్లతోటకూర)

Spiny Amaranth
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Dinesh

Rathinasabapathy Bhuvaragasamy

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Feb 4, 2013, 11:57:21 AM2/4/13
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Dinesh Ji, Nice close  up pictures. TFS

BRS

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Gurcharan Singh

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Feb 4, 2013, 8:38:37 PM2/4/13
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Very nicely illustrated
Thanks Dinesh ji


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Balkar Singh

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Feb 7, 2013, 5:26:20 AM2/7/13
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Wonderful Shots Dinesh Ji
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Dr Balkar Singh
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