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not more than 1 foot high. In the cultivated forms the 

 leaves are often variegated, dull purple to even red. The 

 young shoots and leaves of all kinds of Amaranthus make 



Cu»»i> *^ 



Figure 32. — Commelinaceae. 



excellent greens when cooked. Local names: Kolitis, hdlon, 

 bdjam, hdja, bdjem, vdte, driti, nakeke, ddmu-ddmu, drum, 

 drun, howa, hajoem, tdrnak, tdrnjak, lembain, nddu, medja. 



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