Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Amaranthus retroflexus L. Amaranthaceae

  • Reference work entry
  • First Online:
Ethnobotany of the Caucasus

Part of the book series: European Ethnobotany ((EUROETH))

Local Names

Azerbaijan: Qаrа pəncər, qаrа tərə; Georgia: – chveulebrivi jijlaq’a, – gabrol (Svanetian), – dedali mkhali (Ertso-Tianetian), – tetrai mkhalai (Pshavian, Khevsurian), – tetramkhala (Pshavian, Khevsurian), – tetri mkhali (Kartlian, Pshavian, Khevsurian), – tetrmkhala (Pshavian, Khevsurian), – tetrmkhali (Pshavian, Khevsurian), – tvitmavala (Pshavian, Khevsurian), – titmavala (Pshavian, Khevsurian), – rukhi pkhali (Rachian.), – ghobura (Meskhetian.), – shavi pkhali (Meskhetian), – shavmkhala (Upper Rachian), – ts’ets’nori (Kakhetian), – ts’its’ilaq’a (Chanetian), – ts’its’inapkhali (Lechkhumian), – ts’its’ka (Lechkhumian), – ts’ots’nara (Kakhetian), – ch’ich’ilaq’a (Acharian, Chanetian), – jijae (Megrelian), – jijale (Megrelian), – jijilaq’a (Imeretian, Gurian), – jumene (Megrelian) (Makashvili 1991); English: Amaranth.

Botany and Ecology

Erect, annual herb up to 50–100 cm tall. Stems with grey pubescence. Lower leaves often diamond shaped, upper leaves narrower. Leaves...

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 299.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 329.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Alekperov FU. Comparative analysis of medicinal plants of medieval (XIII-XVIII centuries) and modern Azerbaijan. Baku: Ornak; 1992 (in Russian).

    Google Scholar 

  • Bakhtadze D, Koghuashvili P. Nutritional culture of Georgians. Tbilisi: Georgian Academy of Sciences; 2009 (in Georgian).

    Google Scholar 

  • Bussmann RW, Paniagua-Zambrana NY, Sikharulidze S, Kikvidze Z, Kikodze D, Jinjikhadze T, Shanshiashvili T, Chelidze D, Batsatsashvili K, Bakanidze N. Wine, beer, snuff, medicine and loss of diversity – ethnobotanical travels in the Georgian Caucasus. Ethnobot Res Appl. 2014;12:237–313.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bussmann RW, Paniagua Zambrana NY, Sikharulidze S, Kikvidze Z, Kikodze D, Tchelidze D, Khutsishvili M, Batsatsashvili K, Hart RE. A comparative ethnobotany of Khevsureti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Tusheti, Svaneti, and Racha-Lechkhumi, Republic of Georgia (Sakartvelo), Caucasus. J Ehnobiol Ethnomed. 2016a;12:43. doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0110-2.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bussmann RW, Paniagua Zambrana NY, Sikharulidze S, Kikvidze Z, Kikodze D, Tchelidze D, Batsatsashvili K, Hart RE. Medicinal and food plants of Svaneti and Lechkhumi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus. Med Aromat Plants. 2016b;5:266. doi:10.4172/2167-0412.1000266.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bussmann RW, Paniagua Zambrana NY, Sikharulidze S, Kikvidze Z, Kikodze D, Tchelidze D, Batsatsashvili K, Hart RE. Plants in the spa – the medicinal plant market of Borjomi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus. Indian J Tradit Knowl. 2017a;16(1):25–34.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bussmann RW, Paniagua Zambrana NY, Sikharulidze S, Kikvidze Z, Kikodze D, Tchelidze D, Batsatsashvili K, Hart RE. Ethnobotany of Samtskhe-Javakheti, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus. Indian J Tradit Knowl. 2017b;16(1):7–24.

    Google Scholar 

  • Bussmann RW, Paniagua Zambrana NY, Sikharulidze S, Kikvidze Z, Kikodze D, Tchelidze D, Khutsishvili M, Batsatsashvili K, Hart RE. Medicinal and food plants of Tusheti, Khevsureti and Pshavi, Sakartvelo (Republic of Georgia), Caucasus. Act Soc Bot Pol. 2017c;86(2), 3517. https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.3517.

  • Flora of Azerbaijan, vols. I–VIII. Baku: AS of Azerbaijani SSR; 1950–1961 (in Russian).

    Google Scholar 

  • Grossheim AA. Plant resources of the Caucasus. Baku: Publishing house of AS of Azerbaijani SSR; 1946 (in Russian).

    Google Scholar 

  • Javakhishvili I. Materials for history of household and crafts, vol. 5: Food and drinks. Tbilisi: Metsniereba; 1986 (in Georgian).

    Google Scholar 

  • Ketskhoveli N., Kharadze A., Gagnidze R. Flora of Georgia, 16 vols. Tbilisi: Metsniereba; 1971–2011 (in Georgian).

    Google Scholar 

  • Makalatia S. Pshavi. Tbilisi: Georgian Academy of Sciences; 1985 (in Georgian).

    Google Scholar 

  • Makashvili A. Botanical dictionary. Tbilisi: Metsniereba; 1991 (in Georgian).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Botanikuri St. 1, 105, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Ketevan Batsatsashvili, Manana Khutsishvili, Inesa Maisaia, Shalva Sikharulidze & David Tchelidze

  2. Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Naiba P. Mehdiyeva & Valida M. Alizade

  3. 4-D Research Institute, Ilia State University, 162, Tbilisi, Georgia

    Zaal Kikvidze

  4. Instituto de EcologĂ­a-UMSA, Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, Cota Cota Calle, 27, La Paz, Bolivia

    Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana

  5. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, 299, St. Louis, MO, 63166- 0299, USA

    Rainer W. Bussmann

Authors
  1. Ketevan Batsatsashvili
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Naiba P. Mehdiyeva
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Zaal Kikvidze
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Manana Khutsishvili
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Inesa Maisaia
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Shalva Sikharulidze
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. David Tchelidze
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Valida M. Alizade
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  9. Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  10. Rainer W. Bussmann
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Rainer W. Bussmann .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Rainer W. Bussmann

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2017 Springer International Publishing AG

About this entry

Cite this entry

Batsatsashvili, K. et al. (2017). Amaranthus retroflexus L. Amaranthaceae . In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49412-8_137

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation