- Scientific name
- Amaranthus tricolor
- Common name
- Chinese amaranth
- Kingdom / family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Amaranthus
- Category
- plantae
- Primary role
- crop
- Crop type
- vegetable
- Edible
- yes
- Temperature
- 22 to 30 °C
- pH
- 5.5 to 7.5
- Precipitation
- 1200 to 1500 mm
- Light
- 3/10
- Native regions
- ["Assam","Bangladesh","Borneo","India","Jawa","Laos","Lesser Sunda Is.","Line Is.","Malaya","Maluku","Myanmar","Nepal","New Guinea","Philippines","Solomon Is.","Sri Lanka","Sulawesi","Sumatera","Thailand","Vietnam","Germany [I]; Italy [I]; European Turkey [I]; Morocco [c]; Egypt [I] (Nile Delta [I], Nile Valley [I], NW-coastal Egypt [I]); Benin [I]; Cameroon [I]; Central African Republic [I]; Sudan [I]; Angola [I]; Madagascar [I]; Mauritius [I]; Agalega Isl. [I]; Kazakhstan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Saudi Arabia [I]; Yemen [I] (Aden Desert [I], Inner Hadhramaut [I], SW-Yemen [I]); China [I] (Anhui [I], Beijing [I], Fujian [I], Gansu [I], Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I], Guizhou [I], Hainan [I], Hebei [I], Heilongjiang [I], Henan [I], Hongkong [I], Hubei [I], Hunan [I], Jiangsu [I], Jiangxi [I], Jilin [I], Liaoning [I], Macao [I], Nei Mongol [I], Ningxia [I], Qinghai [I], Shaanxi [I], Shandong [I], Shanghai [I], Shanxi [I], Sichuan [I], Tianjin [I], Xinjiang [I], Yunnan [I], Zhejiang [I]); Tibet [I]; South Korea [I]; Japan [I]; Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Taiwan [I]; Pakistan (Baluchistan, Lahore); Nepal; India (throughout, incl. Jammu & Kashmir); Maldives; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; South China Sea Isl. [I]; Sumatra; South China Sea Isl. [I]; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; Christmas Isl. [Austr.] [I]; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Solomon Isl.; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I]); Vanuatu [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I]); Guam [I]; USA [I] (Louisiana [I], Michigan [I], Missouri [I]); Honduras [I]; Cuba [I]; Cayman Isl. [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Colombia [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]","Armenia","Caribbean","North America"]
- Invasive regions
- ["Angola","Benin","Cambodia","Cameroon","Cayman Is.","Central African Republic","China North-Central","China South-Central","China Southeast","Christmas I.","Cuba","Dominican Republic","Egypt","Eritrea","Ethiopia","Fiji","France","Germany","Hainan","Haiti","Inner Mongolia","Iraq","Japan","Kazakhstan","Korea","Maldives","Manchuria","Marianas","Marquesas","Mauritius","Mozambique","Nansei-shoto","New Caledonia","Pakistan","Panamá","Puerto Rico","Qinghai","Saudi Arabia","Sierra Leone","Society Is.","South China Sea","Sudan-South Sudan","Taiwan","Tibet","Uzbekistan","Vanuatu","Western Australia","Xinjiang","Yemen","AO","AU","Belgium","CN","Spain","FJ","Great Britain","IN","IR","Italy","IT","LY","MG","Majuro Atoll","MH","The Netherlands","NR","NU","PG"]