Amaranthus gracilis

(Hidayat, 2017)

Classification of Amaranthus gracilis Desf
Regnum  : Plantae
Divisio    : Magnoliophyta
Classis    : Magnoliopsida
Ordo       : Cariophyllales
Familia   : Amaranthaceae
Genus     : Amaranthus 
Spesies   : Amaranthus gracilis Desf

Synonim : Amaranthus viridis Linnaeus

Description

Plants annual, sometimes short-lived perennial in tropics and subtropics, glabrous. Stems erect, simple or with lateral branches (especially distally), 0.2–1 m. Leaves: petiole 1/2–11/2 as long as blade; blade rhombic-ovate or ovate, 1–7 × 0.5–5 cm, base rounded, cuneate, or attenuate, margins entire, plane, apex obtuse, rounded, or emarginate, mucronate. Inflorescences slender spikes aggregated into elongate terminal panicles, also from distal axils, green, leafless at least distally. Bracts of pistillate flowers ovate to lanceolate, 1 mm, shorter than tepals. Pistillate flowers: tepals 3, narrowly elliptic, obovate-elliptic or spatulate, not clawed, ± equal, 1.2–1.7 mm, apex rounded or nearly acute, mucronate or not; style branches erect; stigmas 3. Staminate flowers inconspicuous, mostly at tips of inflorescences; tepals 3; stamens 3. Utricles ovoid to compressed-ovoid, 1–1.6 mm, equaling or slightly exceeding tepals, prominently or faintly rugose, indehiscent. Seeds black or dark brown, subglobose to thick-lenticular, 1 mm diam., minutely punctulate, rather dull. 

flower : jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall) (JSTROR, 1928).

Spot Characters

The stem is red in color

Benefit 

Edible leaf

Distribution 

Tropical Asia and America

Location 

UPI Ahmad Sanusi Building

Local Name 

Bayam Liar