Amaranthus cruentus

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	3-11 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Dry, Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	2
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Annual
Uses
Utility	Dye, Dynamic accumulator
Edible	true
Edible parts	Leaves, Seed
Edible uses	Colouring
Names
Alternate name	Red amaranth, komo
Taxonomy
Family	Amaranthaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua
Introduced into	Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Assam, Baleares, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, Burundi, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Chile Central, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Christmas I., Colombia, Connecticut, Corse, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Free State, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Maine, Malawi, Mali, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Ohio, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Society Is., Somalia, South Carolina, South China Sea, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Texas, Tibet, Tonga, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Washington, West Virginia, Western Sahara, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zaïre
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Created: 2020-11-13 18:50:48 UTC
Last updated: 2025-05-27 17:16:41 UTC by andrew-haupt

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Amaranthus cruentus

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Description

On the following lists

ailanthus' for trade

by ailanthus • 11

Plum Tree Guild

by Raven • 18

Greens

by papaver • 25

Vegetables, Herbs

by Anna • 53

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by sie • 163

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Amaranthus cruentus

Amaranthus cruentus

Description

In the marketplace

In the following journals

In the following plans

On the following lists

ailanthus' for trade

by ailanthus • 11

Plum Tree Guild

by Raven • 18

Greens

by papaver • 25

Vegetables, Herbs

by Anna • 53

Semillas Del Río (in progress)

by sie • 163

Help improve this plant