Amaranth or spinach?
By nawala
@nawala123 (24992)
Indonesia
October 15, 2026 6:09pm CST
In Indonesia there is mistranslation about this plant. In English it is called amaranth but people In Indonesia say it is spinach but when google it we gonna find that spinach is another plant. In Indonesian it actually called bayam.
It is impossible to rectify because this mistake is too common now. Finally for the original spinach now It is called "bayam jepang" which literally means Japanese spinach. By the way it is not from Japan.
We often use the leave of amaranth for making soup.
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@rakski (163688)
• Philippines
16 Oct
@nawala123 oh well, I hardly know a spinach when I see one 
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@nawala123 (24992)
• Indonesia
16 Oct
The spinach that eaten by Popeye is the real spinach not amaranth but people In my country thought it was amaranth
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@nawala123 (24992)
• Indonesia
16 Oct
I am not sure. But i think they are almost similar in taste
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@flapiz (24478)
• United Kingdom
16 Oct
@nawala123 I kinda want to be able to taste it one of these days. I wonder if I can buy it here in Uk.
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@nawala123 (24992)
• Indonesia
16 Oct
@flapiz i think you grow it from the amaranth seed
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@nawala123 (24992)
• Indonesia
16 Oct
@AmbiePam when i grew up, gosh, we were wrong
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@nawala123 (24992)
• Indonesia
16 Oct
Yes it. People in Indonesia think Popeye eats amaranth but he doesn't
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@nawala123 (24992)
• Indonesia
16 Oct
There some variety of amaranth. Red amaranth is popular too
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@nawala123 (24992)
• Indonesia
16 Oct
Amaranth is easy to grow even in less fertile soil
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