- Title: Amaranth - Grain/Amaranthus hypochondriacus
- Categories: spring and summer.
- Latin Name:Amaranthus hypochondriacus
Seed Life:5years
Sow:Spring and Summer.
Propagation :Cross-pollinated by wind.
Crimson flower spikes. Young leaves edible cooked or in salads.
Amaranthaceae: from Gk: amarantos= "everlasting" (a= "not" + marainein= "die away") hypochondriacus: from L: hypochondria= "the abdomen", from Gk. hypochondria: from hypo= "under" (from Proto Indo European- base: upo= "from below," , chondros= "cartilage" (of the breastbone), hypochondria: "illness without a specific cause," earlier (1668) "depression or melancholy without real cause," Reflecting ancient belief that the viscera of the hypochondria were the seat of melancholy.
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