am-uh-RANTH-us -- everlasting flower ... Dave's Botanary
kroo-EN-tus -- bloody, gory colors ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: African-spinach, blood amaranth, bush greens, caterpillar amaranth, Mexican grain amaranth, purple amaranth, red amaranth • Bengali: লাল নটে শাক lal note sak • Gujarati: રાજગરો rajgaro • Hindi: चौलाई chaulai, लाल साग lal sag, रामदाना ramdana • Kannada: ರಾಜಗಿರಿ rajgiri • Kashmiri: बुस्तान अफ्रोज़ بستان افروز bustan afroz, मवल् mawal • Konkani: राजगिरो rajgiro • Marathi: राजगिरा rajgira, श्रावणी माठ shravani maath • Punjabi: ਤਜ ਖੁਰੁਸ taj khurus • Sanskrit: राजगिरि rajagiri, राजशाकिणी rajashakini • Tamil: பூங்கீரை pu-n-kirai • Urdu: گل کيش gul-kesh, لال ساگ lal sag
botanical names: Amaranthus cruentus L. ... homotypic synonyms: Amaranthus hybridus subsp. cruentus (L.) Thell. • Amaranthus paniculatus var. cruentus (L.) Moq. ... heterotypic synonyms: Amaranthus paniculatus L. • Amaranthus sanguineus L. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 07 Novembder 2025
Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
blood amaranth, red amaranth, purple amaranth, Mexican grain amaranth
- Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
African-spinach, bush greens, caterpillar amaranth
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
লাল নটে শাক lal note sak
- Mukherjee, Chandrama, Debapriya Choudhury, Shinjan Dey, and Sikha Dutta. 2025. "An Overview on Amaranthus Cruentus L.:Alternative Source of Crop, Its Economical Uses and Associated Beneficial Microbes". Asian Journal of Research in Agriculture and Forestry 11 (1):40-57.
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
રાજગરો rajgaro
- for Amaranthus paniculatus L. ... વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી (વૈધ કે.જે.ઝાલા)
- or રાજગિરા rajgira ... for Amaranthus hybridus subsp. cruentus (L.) Thell. ... Biological Diversity of Gujarat - published by Gujarat Ecology Commission [accessed on: 16 Dec 2020]
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
चौलाई chaulai, रामदाना ramdana
- for Amaranthus paniculatus L. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
लाल साग lal sag
- for Amaranthus paniculatus L. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ರಾಜಗಿರಿ rajgiri
- for Amaranthus paniculatus L. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- or ರಾಜಗೀರೆ rajagire / ರಾಜಕೀರೆ rajakire ... for Amaranthus paniculatus L. ... Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
~~~~~ KASHMIRI ~~~~~
written in: Koshur (Perso-Arabic كٲشُر), Devanagari (कश्मीरी), ... spoken in: Kashmir ... other names for this language: Koshur
बुस्तान अफ्रोज़ بستان افروز bustan afroz, मवल् mawal (or mwwal म्ववल् )
- A dictionary of the Kashmiri language by George Abraham Grierson
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
राजगिरो rajgiro
- for Amaranthus paniculatus L. ... V D Vartak (1966) - Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
राजगिरा rajgira
- The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा [accessed on: 28 Apr 2014]
श्रावणी माठ shravani maath
- मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਤਜ ਖੁਰੁਸ taj khurus
- The Panjabi dictionary. Bhai Maya Singh
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
राजगिरि rajagiri, राजशाकिणी rajashakini
- for Amaranthus paniculatus L. ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
பூங்கீரை pu-n-kirai
- for Amaranthus paniculatus L. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
گل کيش gul-kesh
- for Amaranthus paniculatus L. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
لال ساگ lal sag
- for Amaranthus paniculatus L. ... A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English by John T. Platts
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Karnataka, Lakshadweep islands, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu; introduced, cultivated both in hills as well as plains; exact state-wise statistics not known, escapes to limited extent
- Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.10; last update Oct. 12th, 2025. Last accessed 07/11/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).
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Created on: 15:03 07-11-2025 ¦ Last updated: 21:56 07-11-2025 (DD-MM-YYYY)
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