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Official name : Amaranthus tricolor L.
Family : Amaranthaceae

2 reference(s) related to this plant

Reference HN 42
Author(s) : Nicolas J.-P.
Title : Plantes médicinales du Nord de Madagascar. Ethnobotanique antakarana et informations scientifiques 296 p. (2012) Editions Jardins du monde 15, rue saint Michel - 29 190 Brasparts www.jardinsdumonde.org
Symptoms : H(080), H(095)
Recipes : H(080) food allergies,(for crab), tisane of leaves of Amaranthus tricolor , VO. as quickly as possible
H(095) food, aerial parts of the plant
Region : Madagascar
Country : North Madagascar
Vernacular name : Antakaranaagnambario (Antakarana), anantarika (Malgache), amarante fournaise, amarante tête d’éléphant, amarante tricolore, épinard chinois (French), chinese spinach, joseph’s-coat (English)
Reference HT 53
Author(s) : Terashima, H., M. Ichikawa
Title : A comparative ethnobotany of the Mbuti and Efe hunter-gatherers in Itury forest, Democratic Republic of Congo African Study Monographs, 24(1, 2): 1-168, (2003) *partially encoded*
Symptoms : H(095)
Recipes : H(095) the leaves of Amaranthus tricolor are eaten as a vegetable (recipe of Mbuti Pygmies around Teturi village in the Ituri forest)
Region : Central Africa
Country : Congo (Democratic republic) (Itury forest)
Vernacular name : kpedekpede (Mbuti Pygmies, Ituri forest)

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