What is amaranthus?

amaranthus , which are short -term herbs of the amaranthaceae family, are generally originally from tropical and slight climate in almost all parts of the world. Rod amaranthus contains more than 50 species, including piggy bank, tassel flower and Joseph's coat. Although the amaranthus is primarily an ornamental plant, the Incas and the Aztecs used an amaranth plant as a food, and in many regions people still do it. In many countries, people eat leaves like green, using a plant as a herb for flavoring and eating grains. Depending on the cultivar, seeds can contain up to 20 percent of protein, which makes them valuable to vegetarians. Many American health food stores carry flour and cereals. Popular treatment called Alegra is toasted amaranth grains mixed with honey or molasses.

The flowers are small and have a perianth and the deed of petals that move in color from white or green white on brownish red or red, varies according to cultivar. MostIna species have spikes or heads of long -term flowers. Depending on the species and cultivar, flower groups may be upright or decreasing panicles that are free branching clusters of flowers in the shape of a pyramid. The leaves are often color -spotted. Joseph's coat, a. Tricolor usually has green, yellow and scarlet spotted leaves, which are three to six inches (about eight to 15 cm) long and two to four inches (about five to 10 cm) wide.

gardeners often use amaranthus in landscape or containers planting. Most of them find that bad soil gives colorful leaves. Some of the species that gardeners usually set are love leeeding or tassels, amaranthus fire and fountain plant. a. Hybridus is a common weed in most places, but Cultivar, called Hypochondriacus, or Prince's feathers, is often a fine garden sample. Other plants in the family Amaranthus are weeds, especially Pigweed and Bubnečka.

At least nine Pigweed species have multiplied from the 90's age. Experts believe that the rapid spread of these species is at least partly part of the new agricultural techniques, including reduced or no processing, less herbicidal use and types of herbicidal resistance. The new Palmera Amaranth tribe, amaranthus Palmeri , is often resistant to glyphosates and the most common herbicides do not kill it. Cotton and soy growers are generally most at risk, although all farmers in mild areas usually need to fight weeds. In field test tests, soy returns were reduced by 17 to 68 percent due to Palmer Amaranth contamination.