籽粒苋在植物学上属苋科苋属,是一种可作粮食、饲料和蔬菜等多用的一年生作物.它的营养价值高,抗旱、耐瘠、耐盐性能强,光合效率高,生长迅速、生物产量大,一般亩产鲜草可达5000～10000公斤,种籽150～250公斤.在古代的中南美洲,籽粒苋曾被作为主要粮食作物而被广泛种植过.当今世界上不少国家如埃塞 Amaranthus amaranthus is an annual plant which can be used as food, feed, vegetable and other multi-purpose crops with high nutritional value, drought resistance, barren resistance, salt tolerance, high photosynthetic efficiency and rapid growth , The biological yield is large, the general mu produce fresh grass up to 5000 ~ 10000 kilograms, the seed 150 ~ 250 kilograms.In ancient Central and South America, the grain amaranth was widely planted as the main food crop.At present many countries in the world As Ethiopian