Amaranth, also known as old, young and old, belongs to the phylum Angiosperms. Native to China, India and Southeast Asia, amaranth has been a wild vegetable in China since ancient times.

Functions of Amaranth

Amaranth contains three times more calcium than tomatoes. Unlike other vegetables, amaranth contains oxalic acid. Amaranth absorbs calcium more easily than milk and is easily absorbed by our body. Amaranth as a vegetable is rich in many minerals, carotene and some vitamins proteins. The content of vitamin C is also high. Ancient medical books recorded that amaranth can cure eye diseases and has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. Amaranth is a kind of food containing more potassium than sodium, which can regulate our body fluid balance and expel excess water from the body, so it can lower blood pressure and keep it stable.

Amaranth growing place

Amaranth prefers warm climate, tolerate high temperature and low temperature. It is highly likely to flower and set seed under high temperature and short sunshine conditions. Amaranth originated in India, distributed in South Asia, Central Asia, Japan and other places, all over China are cultivated.

Amaranth looks like and pictures

Amaranth is 0.8-1.5m high, with thick green or red stems, often branched. Amaranth leaves are mostly rhombic, obovate seeds are black or brown.