Английская Википедия:Amaranthus graecizans
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Amaranthus graecizans, the Mediterranean amaranth[1] or short-tepalled pigweed,[2] is an annual species in the botanical family Amaranthaceae. It is native to Africa, southern Europe, East Asia to India and Central Asia.[3] It is naturalized in North America. More general common names include tumbleweed and pigweed.[4]
Characteristics
Amaranthus graecizans is an annual herb that grows up to Шаблон:Convert tall. Stems are branched from base, glabrous or covered with crisped hairs. The flowers are unisexual and are yellow with round black seeds that are 1–1.25 mm.[5]
Habitat
Amaranthus graecizans grows in warm temperate zones where it can be found at elevations up to Шаблон:Convert.[6] It grows rapidly after rain and can be found in on disturbed ground in the vicinity of human and livestock settlements as well as seasonally flooded sandy flats.[7]
Uses
The edible leaves are used as a vegetable throughout Africa and the Middle East.[8] It can be eaten raw, but was more often cooked, or added to sauces and stews. A common way to cook Amaranthus graecizans was to cook it in buttermilk, or to squeeze fresh lime-juice over it.[9] The seeds are starchy and can also be eaten[10]
No members of this genus are known to be poisonous, but when grown on nitrogen-rich soils they are known to concentrate nitrates in the leaves.Шаблон:Citation needed This is especially noticeable on land where nitrate fertilizer is used.
References
External links
- ↑ Шаблон:PLANTS
- ↑ Шаблон:BSBI 2007
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book page 27
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (2004) Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen; Backhuys, Leiden; CTA, Wageningen.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
