Kulitis – Scientific name: Amaranthus spinosus L.
English: Amaranth
Tagalog: Kulitis
Amaranth, common name used for plants with blossoms that do not readily fade when picked, but especially for about 50 species of one genus found in the Tropics and temperate regions where many are widely naturalized. They are herbaceous annuals with simple leaves, and flowers in heads or spikes. The spikes are sometimes several centimetres long. Love-lies-bleeding has dry red bracts that surround the flower which allows them to retain their freshness for some time. For this reason the plant is a symbol of immortality. The annual tumbleweed of the United States belongs to this genus. The globe amaranth, of the same family but a different genus, has purple flowers that retain their beauty for years.
Scientific classification: Amaranths belong to the family Amaranthaceae. Love-lies-bleeding is classified as Amaranthus caudatus, tumbleweed as Amaranthus graecizans. The globe amaranth is classified as Gomphrena globosa.
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..actually, kulitis is edible, try to cook it with your prepared foods like Gintaang Kuhol
Actually i planted kulitis sa backyard ko and actually found out its 5’4′ in height. its leaves measures 5 inches in diameter and 7 inches ang haba including the stalks…its actually amazing….law-oy ang luto ko kasi it has a good effect to my kids who has heart ailments…
Kulitis grows in my garden profusely. Before, I thought it was just one of the many varieties of grass until my neighbor, an old woman who is in her 70′s. told me it is a vegetable. And I believe many treat it as such – as another type of grass because it grows everywhere there is soil: on the roadside, around the tree, beside the fence and, yes, even around the trash.
When I checked out the internet, indeed, it is a vegetable – and a very nutritious one which is good for the body and helps a lot in curing many kinds of illnesses.
I would suggest that our government – the schools included – to acquaint our people about kulitis. It is not hard to grow. There’s no need to put in fertilizer to make it robust.
I add kulitis whenever I cook pakbet. Also, I put it in instant noodles and ginisang sardinas and tinapa.
It is edible, indeed. A friend gave me a bunch of it with huge leaves, told me it was Filipino spinach. I didn’t recognize it so I let it wilt and dump it. She visited me again with another bunch so I asked her what it is called in Tagalog. I was surprised when she told me it was kulitis, because the kulitis I had known as a young girl had tiny leaves. So I cooked it and when it started boiling, sure enough, the aroma of kulitis that I grew up with took me back to my childhood days in Makati, Philippines. What amazed me also was the medicinal purpose of this dark, green leafy vegetable. With that said, I stuck a stem in water for rooting so I can plant it in my little backyard here at the High Desert of Southern California. I’ve seen this plant grow in my friend’s backyard so I know how much kulitis I will have for life if that little stem roots and grows. Ah, kulitis, glad to meet you again after decades of separation.
I have small garden in my backyard and this Kulitis is always growing and competing with my plants.Ialways discard it knowing that it is just a grass.When my cousin visited me he saw me pulling out the Kulitis and he told me to let them grow because it is edible.He said it coul be added to ginisang monggo or could be added to ginatang manok.Then i started to read about it.I found out that Kulitis is nutritious infact today it has been used as ingredient in some food supplement.