അമരാൻത്

കോസ്മോപൊളിറ്റൻ ജീനസിൽപ്പെട്ട ഏകവർഷി അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കുറച്ചു വർഷങ്ങൾ മാത്രം ജീവിക്കുന്ന ചിരസ്ഥായി സസ്യമാണ് അമരാൻത് ^[1]. അമരാൻത് ഇനങ്ങളിൽ ചിലത് സിറിയൽ, അലങ്കാരച്ചെടി, ഇലക്കറി എന്നിവയ്ക്കായി ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നുണ്ടെങ്കിലും ഇവയിൽ കൂടുതലും വേനൽക്കാല കളകൾ ആണ്. സാധാരണയായി ഇതിനെ പിഗ് വീട് എന്നും വിളിക്കുന്നു.^[2]

അമരാൻത്
Amaranthus tricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Amaranthaceae
Genus:	Amaranthus L.
Type species
Amaranthus tricolor

Amaranthus flowering

വർഗ്ഗങ്ങൾ

Species include:^[3]

• Amaranthus acanthochiton – greenstripe
• Amaranthus acutilobus – a synonym of Amaranthus viridis^[3]
• Amaranthus albus – white pigweed, tumble pigweed
• Amaranthus anderssonii
• Amaranthus arenicola – sandhill amaranth
• Amaranthus australis – southern amaranth
• Amaranthus bigelovii – Bigelow's amaranth
• Amaranthus blitoides – mat amaranth, prostrate amaranth, prostrate pigweed
• Amaranthus blitum – purple amaranth
• Amaranthus brownii – Brown's amaranth
• Amaranthus californicus – California amaranth, California pigweed
• Amaranthus cannabinus – tidal-marsh amaranth
• Amaranthus caudatus – love-lies-bleeding, pendant amaranth, tassel flower, quilete
• Amaranthus chihuahuensis – Chihuahuan amaranth
• Amaranthus crassipes – spreading amaranth
• Amaranthus crispus – crispleaf amaranth
• Amaranthus cruentus – purple amaranth, red amaranth, Mexican grain amaranth
• Amaranthus deflexus – large-fruit amaranth
• Amaranthus dubius – spleen amaranth, khada sag
• Amaranthus fimbriatus – fringed amaranth, fringed pigweed
• Amaranthus floridanus – Florida amaranth
• Amaranthus furcatus
• Amaranthus graecizans
• Amaranthus grandiflorus
• Amaranthus greggii – Gregg's amaranth
• Amaranthus hybridus – smooth amaranth, smooth pigweed, red amaranth
• Amaranthus hypochondriacus – Prince-of-Wales feather, prince's feather
• Amaranthus interruptus – Australian amaranth
• Amaranthus minimus
• Amaranthus mitchellii
• Amaranthus muricatus – African amaranth
• Amaranthus obcordatus – Trans-Pecos amaranth
• Amaranthus palmeri – Palmer's amaranth, Palmer pigweed, careless weed
• Amaranthus polygonoides – tropical amaranth
• Amaranthus powellii – green amaranth, Powell amaranth, Powell pigweed
• Amaranthus pringlei – Pringle's amaranth
• Amaranthus pumilus – seaside amaranth
• Amaranthus retroflexus – red-root amaranth, redroot pigweed, common amaranth
• Amaranthus scleranthoides – variously Amaranthus sclerantoides
• Amaranthus scleropoides – bone-bract amaranth
• Amaranthus spinosus – spiny amaranth, prickly amaranth, thorny amaranth
• Amaranthus standleyanus
• Amaranthus thunbergii – Thunberg's amaranth
• Amaranthus torreyi – Torrey's amaranth
• Amaranthus tricolor – Joseph's-coat
• Amaranthus tuberculatus – rough-fruit amaranth, tall waterhemp
• Amaranthus viridis – slender amaranth, green amaranth
• Amaranthus watsonii – Watson's amaranth
• Amaranthus wrightii – Wright's amaranth

നുട്രിഷൻ

Amaranth, uncooked

Nutritional value per 100 ഗ്രാം (3.5 oz)
Energy	1,554 കി.J (371 kcal)
Carbohydrates	65.25 g
Starch	57.27 g
Sugars	1.69 g
Dietary fiber	6.7 g
Fat	7.02 g
Saturated	1.459 g
Monounsaturated	1.685 g
Polyunsaturated	2.778 g
Protein	13.56 g
Tryptophan	0.181 g
Threonine	0.558 g
Isoleucine	0.582 g
Leucine	0.879 g
Lysine	0.747 g
Methionine	0.226 g
Cystine	0.191 g
Phenylalanine	0.542 g
Tyrosine	0.329 g
Valine	0.679 g
Arginine	1.060 g
Histidine	0.389 g
Alanine	0.799 g
Aspartic acid	1.261 g
Glutamic acid	2.259 g
Glycine	1.636 g
Proline	0.698 g
Serine	1.148 g
Vitamins	Quantity %DV†
Thiamine (B1)	10% 0.116 mg
Riboflavin (B2)	17% 0.2 mg
Niacin (B3)	6% 0.923 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)	29% 1.457 mg
Vitamin B6	45% 0.591 mg
Folate (B9)	21% 82 μg
Vitamin C	5% 4.2 mg
Vitamin E	8% 1.19 mg
Minerals	Quantity %DV†
Calcium	16% 159 mg
Iron	59% 7.61 mg
Magnesium	70% 248 mg
Manganese	159% 3.333 mg
Phosphorus	80% 557 mg
Potassium	11% 508 mg
Sodium	0% 4 mg
Zinc	30% 2.87 mg
Other constituents	Quantity
water	11.13 g
Full Link to USDA Database entry
Units μg = micrograms • mg = milligrams IU = International units
†Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. Source: USDA Nutrient Database

ചിത്രശാല

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  Love-lies-bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)
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  Green Amaranth (A. hybridus)
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  Seabeach amaranth (A. pumilus), an amaranth on the Federal Threatened species List
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  Red-root Amaranth (A. retroflexus)—from Thomé, Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885
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  Spiny Amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus)
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  Green Amaranth (Amaranthus viridis)
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  Popping Amaranth (Amaranthus sp.)
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  Amaranth grain (left) and wheat (right)
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  Southern Kerala-style traditional Thoran made with Cheera (Amaranth) leaves
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  Example from Chilpancingo