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  • COMMON NAME: short-tepalled pigweed
  • ARABIC: سيندار
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Amaranthus graecizans L.
  • SYNONYMS: A. angustifolius Lam.
  • FAMILY: AMARANTHACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Other Uses (O)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Terrace
  • TYPES: Annual
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://www.floraofqatar.com/amaranthus_graecizans.htm Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Moderately salt tolerant. Young leaves eaten as vegetable, raw or cooked. Crushed leaves applied to scorpion stings and snake bites as well as to skin rashes. Whole plant used to treat generalised oedema, and as a poultice for mastitis. Leaves are very nutritious, containing iron, calcium, vitamin C, folic acid and other minerals.

Annal glabrous herb up to 40 cm high. Stems erect or decumbent, branched, more or less angular, green or reddish. Leaves 2-5 cm long and 1-3 cm wide, alternate, ovate or elliptic to obvate, tapering at both ends, obtuse or acute at apex, with conspicuous white-nerved beneath. Petiole 1-3 cm long. Spikes short, axillary, over topped by leaves. Bracteoles 0.1-0.2 cm, ovateto lanceolate. Perianth 3-lobes up to 0.2 cm, shorter than capsule, ovate-lanceolate, acute, greenish-white. Stamens 3. Utricle subglobose, 0.2-0.3 cm, wrinkled, circumscissile. Seeds about 0.1 cm lenticular, compressed, black, shining. 

Flowering February-May.
Gardens, farms and waste ground.
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