Bathuwa (Hindi: बथुवा)

Chenopodiaceae (goosefoot family) » Chenopodium album L.

 

ken-oh-POH-dee-um -- from the Greek chen (goose) and podion (little foot) ... Dave's Botanary

AL-bum -- white ... Dave's Botanary

 

commonly known as: fat hen, lamb's quarters, white goosefoot • Assamese: ভতুবা bhatuba, জিল্মিল্ jilmil • Bengali: বেথো শাক betho shaak, বেথুয়া শাক bethuya shaak • Gujarati: બથવો bathavo, ચીલની ભાજી chilani bhaji • Hindi: बथुवा bathuwa • Kannada: ಚಕ್ರವರ್ತಿ chakravarti, ಚಕ್ಕವತ್ತ chakkavatta, ಹುಚ್ಚ ಚಕ್ಕೋತ huchcha chakkota, ವಾಸ್ತೂಕ vastuka • Malayalam: പരിപ്പുചീര parippuchira, വാസ്തുചീര vastuchira • Manipuri: মোনশাওবী monshaobi • Marathi: चाकवत chakvat, वासुकें vasukem • Nepali: बेथे bethe • Oriya: ବାସ୍ତୁକ bastuka, ବଥୁଆ ଶାଗ bathua sag • Punjabi: ਲੂਨਕ lunak • Sanskrit: वास्तुक vastuka • Tamil: சக்கரவர்த்தி கீரை chakravarthi keerai, பருப்புக்கீரை paruppu-k-kirai • Telugu: పప్పుకూర pappukura, వాస్తుకము vastukamu

 

Distribution: naturalized widely, also cultivated; exact native range obscure

 

 

References: Flowers of India • Flora of China • Wikipedia • NPGS / GRIN • ENVIS - FRLHT

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