Chenopodium album commonly known as बथुआ (हिंदी), chandanbethu (Bengali), chakavata (Marathi), badane bettaave (Kannada), vastuccira (Malayalam), cakkaavarttikkirai (Tamil), chakravarthi koora (Telugu) is a moderate allergen, an upright weed (30-80 cm long) very common in temperate regions, how’s almos everywhere in nitrogen rich soil, especially on wasteland. It is also gown as vegetable crop.
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Chenopodium album pollinates between August to December and October to January. It’s pollens measure about 14-50 micron in diameter. Patients with its allergy will get affected in these months.
- It belongs to
- Family: Amaranthaceae
- Subfamily: Chenopodiaceae
- Genus: Chenopodium
- Species: Chenopodium album
- Common name: Lamb’s-quarters, Goosefoot
The major allergens are Che a 1, Che a 2 & Che a 3.
Symptoms: Patients allergic to pollens of Cenopodium album / Lamb’s quarter show symptoms of allergic rhinitis and asthma.
It shows cross reactivity with Amaranthus, Artiplex, Birch, Timothy grass etc.