EPPO Global Database

Amaranthus thunbergii(AMATH)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AMATH
  • Preferred name: Amaranthus thunbergii
  • Authority: Moquin-Tandon

Notes

Africa (eastern and southern). Cultivated as a pot herb. Introduced in a few other countries


Common names
Name Language
red pigweed English
Thunberg's amaranthus English
Thunberg's pigweed English
ullamarant Swedish