Amaranthus spinosus L.

PLANTS of CEYLON
No. 16030
Amaranthus spinosus	Amaranthaceae
Nuwara Eliya Market,
Flowers greenish. Local name ’Thampala*.
Cooked as green vegetable.
April 1, 1985
Coll. Tetsuo Koyama, D.B. Sumithraarachchi
M. Miij J. Strudwick & H. Hanashiro
Collection made under the auspices of the Committee on U.S.-Japan
Cooperative Research of Asiatic Economic Plants.
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