Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park
About Amaranthus hypochondriacus Plant :
Habit : An ornamental herb.
Stem : Green or purple, branched, without hairs or slightly hairy.
Leaves : Rhombic - ovate or oblong - lanceshaped, 3 - 10 × 1.5 - 3.5 cm, without hairs, base narrow, margin entire or wavy, tip pointed or long - pointed, leaf stalks without hairs.
Inflorescence : Erect, cylindric, branched or unbranched, formed of many spikes.
Flowers :
Bracteate, bracts green or purple in colour, ovate, twice the length of perianth, tip distinctly long pointed.
Tepals are green - purple coloured having a dark midvein, oblong with acute or acuminate apex.
Stigma 2 - 3.
Fruit : Utricles exceeding perianth, green, tinged purple above, rhomboid-ovoid, 3 - 4 mm, circumscissile.
Seeds : White coloured, almost round with 1 mm diamter.
