Details for: PI 605352, Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell., Calaloo


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell.
Top Name:
Calaloo
Origin:
Collected – Jamaica
Received by NPGS:
15 Apr 1986
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed200 countPI 605352 02ncai01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell.
Top Name:
Calaloo
Origin:
Collected – Jamaica
Received by NPGS:
15 Apr 1986
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
PRE 15 April 1986.
Jamaica

Collector(s):
Donated
15 April 1986.
Pennsylvania, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Calaloo
Type: Local name

RRC 544
Type: Institute identifier
Group: RODALE
From the Rodale Research Center (RRC), Pennsylvania
Rodale Research Center

VI044475
Type: Institute identifier
Group: AVRDC
Listed at World Vegetable Center as: AMES 5326
Schafleitner, Roland World Vegetable Center

TOT2364
Type: Institute identifier
Group: AVRDC
Temporary accession number. AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center. Information from www site, 2007. Through DR YUNG-FU YEN, TAINAN DAIS.
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center

Ames 5326
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers
USDA ARS NCRPIS

https://genebank.worldveg.org/index.html#/a/10.18730/12QD41
Type: Institute identifier
Group: AVRDC
DOI at the World Vegetable Center
Schafleitner, Roland World Vegetable Center

Narrative
The seeds are black, flowers green, leaves green. The RRC class type is: vegetable. Local name: 'Calaloo.' Used as a leafy vegetable in Jamaica and described as the edible variety and not the wild variety. Observations from the Rodale Research Center, 1988 Rodale Amaranth Germplasm Catalog. Emmaus, PA.
Amaranthus dubius Mart. ex Thell.
Genus:
Amaranthus
Subgenus:
Amaranthus
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Nomen number:

101534
Place of publication:

Fl. adv. Montpellier 203. 1912 Jan (Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 38(sér. 4, vol. 8):679. 1912; P. F. A. Ascherson & K. O. R. P. P. Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 5(1):265. 1914)
Verified:
05/26/2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishspleen amaranth  1Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Frenchbrède de Malabar  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)carurú  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishbledo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishbledos malezas  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish (Mexico)quintonil  2Lira, R. et al., eds. 2016. Ethnobotany of Mexico Springer, New York, US. 114-115.
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Herbarium specimen
  • USDA ARS NCRPIS. Located at NA. Identifier: Ames 5326. Inventory sample: PI 605352.
Citations
  • Andini, R., M. I. Sulaiman, & R. Ohsawa. 2018. Natural polyploidy in amaranths (Amaranthus spp.). AIP Conf. Proc. 020053:1-7. DOI: 10.1063/1.5050149. Note: The confrence was in 2002, but published Online: 15 August 2018 Number of accessions cited: 30
  • Andini, R., S. Yoshida, & R. Ohsawa. 2013. Variation in protein content and amino acids in the leaves of grain, vegetable, and weedy types of amaranths. Agron. Open Access 3:391-403. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy3020391. Number of accessions cited: 27
  • Andini, R., Y. Yoshida, Y. Yoshida, & R. Ohsawa. 2013. Amaranthus genetic resources in Indonesia: morphological and protein content assessment in comparison with worldwide amaranths. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 60:2115-2128. Note: Andini accession number: 14 Number of accessions cited: 26
  • Chan, K. F. & M. Sun. 1997. Genetic diversity and relationships detected by isozyme and RAPD analysis of crop and wild species of Amaranthus. Theor. Appl. Genet. 95:865-873. Note: Listed as Ames 5326 Number of accessions cited: 58
  • Jimenez-Aguilar, D. M. & M. Grusak. 2017. Minerals, vitamin C, phenolics, flavonoids and antioxidant activity of Amaranthus leafy vegetables. J. Food Compos. Analysis 58:33-39. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2017.01.005. Number of accessions cited: 37
  • Shinano, T., T. Watanabe, Q. Chu, & M. Osaki. 2014. Varietal difference in radiocesium uptake and transfer from radiocesium deposited soils in the genus Amaranthus. Soil Sci. Pl. Nutr. 60:809–817. DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2014.922035. Note: Listed as: RRC 544 Number of accessions cited: 18
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKMALE STERILITYMALE STERILITY - POLLEN IS NOT VIABLE.FERT - NO STERILITY OBSERVED80AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALLPI 605352 86ncao01 SDNot Available
GROWTHPLANT HEIGHTTHE HEIGHT OF ADULT PLANTS OR OF NON-FLOWERING PLANTS AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS FROM THE GROUND TO THE INFLORESCENCE TOP.15025AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FIELDPI 605352 02ncai01 SD
GROWTHPLANT HEIGHTTHE HEIGHT OF ADULT PLANTS OR OF NON-FLOWERING PLANTS AT THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. MEASURED IN CENTIMETERS FROM THE GROUND TO THE INFLORESCENCE TOP.9074AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FIELDPI 605352 88ncai02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEED ABSCISIONABSCISION ZONES OF SEED HOLDING UTRICLES AT MATURITY.TE - UTRICLE ABCISES WITH TEPALS, THEN SPLITS AT THE EQUATOR80AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALLPI 605352 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYADULT STEM COLORADULT STEM COLORST - AMARANTHINE STRIPES ON STEM, CAN HAVE PINK OR RED BASE (100%)80AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALLPI 605352 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYBLADE PIGMENTATIONBLADE PIGMENTATION, MOST CLEAR BEFORE FLOWERING. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PIGMENTATION OF SENESCENT LEAVES OR THE IRIDESCENT PURPLE COLOR UNDER SOME JUVENILE OR NEW LEAVES.GN - NORMAL GREEN AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER Not Available
MORPHOLOGYBLADE PIGMENTATIONBLADE PIGMENTATION, MOST CLEAR BEFORE FLOWERING. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PIGMENTATION OF SENESCENT LEAVES OR THE IRIDESCENT PURPLE COLOR UNDER SOME JUVENILE OR NEW LEAVES.V - ONE STRIPE (V-SHAPED) (100%) AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FIELDPI 605352 88ncai02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYBLADE PIGMENTATIONBLADE PIGMENTATION, MOST CLEAR BEFORE FLOWERING. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PIGMENTATION OF SENESCENT LEAVES OR THE IRIDESCENT PURPLE COLOR UNDER SOME JUVENILE OR NEW LEAVES.V - ONE STRIPE (V-SHAPED) (100%)80AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALLPI 605352 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFLOWER COLORFLOWER COLORGR - GREEN AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER Not Available
MORPHOLOGYFLOWER COLORFLOWER COLORGR - GREEN (100%)80AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALLPI 605352 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYINFLORESCENCE SHAPEINFLORESCENCE SHAPE (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)LB - LONG SIDE BRANCHES, GREATER THAN 1/4 THE INFLORESCENCE LENGTH80AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALLPI 605352 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYMORPHOLOGICAL GROUPMORPHOLOGICAL GROUP, BASED ON THE RODALE RESEARCH CENTER SYSTEM.CVEG - CULTIVATED VEGETABLE AMARANTH.RODALE.RES.CENTER Not Available
MORPHOLOGYPETIOLE PIGMENTATIONPETIOLE PIGMENTATION (MODIFIED IPGRI SYSTEM)RN - AMARANTHINE, IF ANY IS PRESENT AND LESS INTENSE THAN RHS RED-PURPLE 61C (100%)80AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALLPI 605352 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEED COLORSEED COLOR frequencyBE - BROWN EDGES WITH BLACK SIDES (100%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 605352 88ncai02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEEDLING COLORTHE PERCENTAGE OF THE SEEDLING WITH ANY STEM OR LEAF AMARANTHINE (RED COLORING) IN A GIVEN NUMBER OF EVALUATED SEEDLINGS. THIS DISTINGUISHES THE SEEDLINGS WITH AMARANTHINE FROM GREEN AND ORANGE SEEDLINGS. SCORE WITHIN 3 WEEKS AFTER GERM.100263AMARANTH.AMES.2002PI 605352 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSEED SHAPESEED SHAPEEB - ELLIPSOID OR OVOID WITH ROUNDED BULGING PERISPERM (100%) AMARANTH.AMES.SEED.1997PI 605352 88ncai02 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYTAXONOMIC VERACITYTaxonomic veracity with reference to the comment in Public GRIN "observation details", or to the GRIN species determination.TYPI - TYPICAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SPECIES80AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALLPI 605352 86ncao01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYTERMINAL INFLORESCENCETERMINAL INFLORESCENCE ATTITUDE1 - ERECT80AMARANTH.AMES.2002.FALLPI 605352 86ncao01 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITYTHE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.FULL - MORE THAN 90% OF THE PLANTS MATURED A HEALTHY SEED CROP74AMARANTH.AMES.2003.FIELDPI 605352 88ncai02 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYADAPTATION FOR SEED MATURITYTHE SEED MATURITY BEFORE FROST.FULL - MORE THAN 90% OF THE PLANTS MATURED A HEALTHY SEED CROP25AMARANTH.AMES.2011.FIELDPI 605352 02ncai01 SD
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..02 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 605352 02ncai01 SD
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..02 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 605352 86ncao01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..026 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 605352 88ncai01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..026 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 605352 88ncai02 SDNot Available
PRODUCTIONHUNDRED SEED WEIGHTTHE WEIGHT IN GRAMS OF 100 SEEDS. TAKEN FROM THE HUNDRED SEED WEIGHTS IN THE GRIN INVENTORY..04 NC7.INVENTORY.BRENNERPI 605352 90nceo01 SDNot Available