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542 



Veniac. names.—lmhuyei (Natal, Medley Wood) ; Prickly 

 Calalu (Jamaica, Fawcett db Bendle); Anapatza (Madagascar, 

 Baron). — Prickly Amaranth, Prickly Caterpillar. ^ 



Upper and Lower Guinea and widely distributed in Tropical 

 Africa, and in India, West Indies, Hawaii, &c. 



Leaves eaten as spinach, Lagos (Moloney, Herb. Kew), West 

 Indies (Agric. Ncavs, Barbados, 1917, p. 349), as a pot-herb in 

 India (Hooper, Agric. Ledger, No. 6, 1904, p, 65). Various 

 medicinal uses are attributed to the leaves and roots in India 

 (Watt, Diet, Econ. Prod. India), 



An annual, 1-3 ft. high often a troublesome weed. The 

 sharp spines at the base of the leaves make it objectionable to 

 stock. In Hawaii \vhere the j)lant grows to about 5 ft. in height 

 it lias spread rapidly in pasture lands and strong efforts are being 

 made to exterminate it (Hawaiian Forester & Agric. May, 

 1917; Agric. New^s, Barbados, 1917, p. 297); found by way- 



Jamaica, iii. p. 130). 



Jamaica (Fawcett 



Amaranthus viridis, Linn.; Fh Trop. Afr. VI. >Sect. I, p. 33. 



//Z.^Willd. Hist. Am. t. 8, f. 16; Agric. Gaz. N. S. Wales, 

 xviii, Oct. 2nd, 1907, p. 797 ; Rchb. Ic. Fl. Germ. xxiv. t. 298 ; 

 Fawcett & Rendle, FL Jamaica, p. 131, f. 40, 



Vernac. names. — Zaki banga, or Zaki banza (Katagum, 

 Dalziel) ; Zete-Aleledaije (Oloke Meji, Dodd) ; Garden Calalu, 

 Green Calalu (Jamaica, Fawcett & Rendle) ; Green Callalu 



(W. Indies, Agric. News, seq.). 



Upper and Lower Guinea, other parts of Tropical Africa, 



and in many other warm countries. 



Kat 



Herb. Kew) ; 



Welw 



West 



(Agric. News, Barbados, 1917, p. 349), used, when other pot- 

 herbs cannot be obtained, in India (Hooper, Agric. Ledger, 

 No. 6, 1004, p, 65) ; tender tops eaten by the natives in India, 

 though not so much esteemed as the cultivated sorts (Watt, 

 Diet, Econ. Prod. India). Although pronounced a valuable 

 vegetable and an excellent substitute for spinach. Maiden is of 

 opinion {seq. p. 798) that it should not be conserved, even as 

 a vegetable. 



An annual, 1-3 ft. high, a common weed. 



Ref. — '' A Pig- Weed {Amarantits viridis, L.) " in '* The 

 Weeds of New South Wales,'' Maiden, Agric. Gaz. N- S. Wales, 

 xviii, Oct. 2nd, 1907, pp. 797-798. 



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 ■* 



Aerva, Forsk. 



Aerva lanata, Juss.; Fl. Trop. Afr. VI. Sect. 1, p. 39. 



//Z.— Gaertner, Friict. sem. PI. iii, t. 213; Wight, Ic. PI. 

 Ind. or. ii. t. 723. 



