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Spiny amaranthus |
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| Halbi Name | Kheda bhaji |
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| Vernacular name | Katilichaulai | |
| Scientific name | Amranthus spinosus Linn. | |
| Family | Amaranthaceae | |
| Season | Kharif | |
| Description | ||
| Plant | Erect glabrous spiny herb, 30-60 cm high, often reddish, branches grooved with sharp divariated spines in the leaf axils. | |
| Leaves | Ovate, lanceolate, obtuse, entire | Photo Gallery |
| Flower | Terminal and axillary dense spines, numerous, unisexual, male calyx acute, bristles pointed, female calyx oblong, opiculate |   |
| Fruit/ seed | Capsule, long, void, thickened at the top, rugose. | |
| Habitat and distribution | Roadsides, wasteland | |
| Flowering and fruiting | August to January | |
| Associated with | Kharif flora | |
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