Japanese name: アカザ Scientific name:Chenopodium album var. centrorubrum
[Overview]
An annual 1 m tall, found along roadsides and in wasteland.
The stem branches well and is erect.
The leaves are simple and alternate, 5–15 cm long and 3–6 cm wide, triangular-ovate to ovate.
Young leaves are densely covered with reddish-purple powder at the base of the upper surface.
Small yellow-green flowers are borne sparsely in inflorescences at the stem tips and in the upper leaf axils.
The fruit is a lens-shaped utricle, and the seeds are black.
[Uses]
The young leaves are edible, and the plant is also used medicinally.
The stems are used as material for walking sticks.
