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Tampala Amaranth

Amaranthus tricolor

A variety of amaranth

How to sow tampala amaranth: Direct seed, thin seedlings to 15cm

Sun requirement for tampala amaranth: Plant in Full Sun

A heat-loving green with red and green crinkled leaves, growing to about 1 m. Eaten as a green, especially lightly steamed or sauteed, and the leaves can be picked all summer. High in calcium, iron and other minerals. Common throughout Asia. Sent to Koanga (a NZ seed bank) in 1997. Broadcast in strips straight into beds from November to February, or sow in trays, prick out at 2.5 cm and transplant at 20 cm diagonal spacing when the leaves touch.

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Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Amaranthus tricolor L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllidae
Caryophyllales
Amaranthaceae
Optimal temperature 22 - 30 °C
Absolute temperature 8 - 45 °C
Killing temperature growth: 0 °C, rest: 4 °C
Optimal rainfall 1200 - 1500 mm/year
Absolute rainfall 300 - 2700 mm/year
Optimal soil pH 5.5 - 7.5
Absolute soil pH 4.3 - 8.0
Crop cycle 30 - 300 days
Max altitude 800 m
Life form herb
Life span annual
Habit erect
Optimal soil depth medium (50-150 cm)
Optimal soil texture heavy, medium, light, organic
Optimal soil fertility high
Optimal soil drainage well (dry spells)
Optimal soil salinity low (<4 dS/m)
Photoperiod short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours)
Optimal light very bright

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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