Brazilian joyweed
ചോരച്ചീര
Alternanthera brasiliana (L.) Kuntze
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 3.0 m
- wide
- —
Amaranthaceae
Formerly Achyranthes brasiliana, Gomphrena brasiliana, Philoxerus brasiliana, Telanthera brasiliana
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Subshrub or helophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 3.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- CreamRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Chinese
- 红龙草, 巴西莲子草
- Malayalam
- ചോരച്ചീര
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Alternanthera brasiliana (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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