* Botanical name: Alternanthera dentata 'LRU30' * What it is: A trailing, non-flowering annual grown for its season-long, thumbnail-sized burgundy leaves that have brighter ruby-red undersides. * Size ...

There was a time when if you wanted colorful leaves in partial sun to somewhat shady exposures, coleus was your only option. That was then, but Alternanthera is now. Alternanthera (al-ter-NAN-the-ra) ...

During the summer, a small edging annual finishes off any border or container planting. Some old-fashioned plants still fit the bill. Here is one to consider. The Alternanthera now comes in many new ...

The Effect of Light on Growth and Dry Matter Allocation Patterns of Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section.

Pressure volume curves for Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb. (alligator weed) grown in 0 to 400 millimolar NaCl were used to determine water potential (Ψ), osmotic potential ($\psi _{s}$), ...

Common names: Purple alternanthera, purple joyweed, ruby leaf alternanthera. The genus Alternanthera has approximately 200 species worldwide native to southern Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, ...

India (Bengal): leaves cooked and eaten; (Madras Presidency): leaves used as greens; (Garhwal Himalayas): shoots, including stem eaten. Tanzania (Mahenge and Morogoro districts): leaves boiled; water ...

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HYDERABAD: If you are planning to prepare dishes like vepudu, pappu or podi using the green leafy vegetable Ponnaganti kura, better avoid using the vegetable, as under the guise of Ponnaganti kura, ...