Amaranthaceae

: Amaranthus spinosus; Scientific Name: Amaranthus spinosus Common Name: spiny amaranth Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 2072247, Khmu Name: lʔùur, Description: A plant which grows in the fields and young fallows. People collect the young leaves to make a stew with dried meat (sə́ŋ tàŋ lá ~ káp àh ràas). It tastes quite good, but people may get a loose stomach from it., Latitude (deg): 19.2312167 Longitude (deg): 100.7518833 Altitude (m): 240, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen

: Celosia cristata; Scientific Name: Celosia cristata Common Name: cockscomb Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 2060840, Khmu Name: ràaŋ rɔ̀ɔn càay [Tai loan], Description: There are three varieties of this plant: ~ hyíar ‘chicken cockscomb’, ~ càay and ~ kláa sɔ́ ‘dog balls cocks-comb’. The ~ hyíar, which can have red or yellow flowers, belongs to the agricultural tradition. When people are sowing rice, they sow this plant around the field-houses for use in the ceremony for finishing off the agricultural year (>nɨ̀m) after the rice harvest, since they have the power to keep the spirits of waste (róoy yàap) away. If people use them before the rice harvest, they break a taboo and will be punished for this by the ancestor spirits. The ~ càay is similar to ~ hyíar and is used in the same way., Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen

: Celosia cristata; Scientific Name: Celosia cristata Common Name: cockscomb Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 2063144, Khmu Name: ràaŋ rɔ̀ɔn hyíar 'chicken cockscomb', Description: There are three varieties of this plant: ~ hyíar ‘chicken cockscomb’, ~ càay and ~ kláa sɔ́ ‘dog balls cocks-comb’. The ~ hyíar, which can have red or yellow flowers, belongs to the agricultural tradition. When people are sowing rice, they sow this plant around the field-houses for use in the ceremony for finishing off the agricultural year (>nɨ̀m) after the rice harvest, since they have the power to keep the spirits of waste (róoy yàap) away. If people use them before the rice harvest, they break a taboo and will be punished for this by the ancestor spirits. The ~ càay is similar to ~ hyíar and is used in the same way., Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen

: Celosia cristata; Scientific Name: Celosia cristata Common Name: cockscomb Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 2074043, Khmu Name: ràaŋ rɔ̀ɔn càay [Tai loan], Description: There are three varieties of this plant: ~ hyíar ‘chicken cockscomb’, ~ càay and ~ kláa sɔ́ ‘dog balls cocks-comb’. The ~ hyíar, which can have red or yellow flowers, belongs to the agricultural tradition. When people are sowing rice, they sow this plant around the field-houses for use in the ceremony for finishing off the agricultural year (>nɨ̀m) after the rice harvest, since they have the power to keep the spirits of waste (róoy yàap) away. If people use them before the rice harvest, they break a taboo and will be punished for this by the ancestor spirits. The ~ càay is similar to ~ hyíar and is used in the same way., Latitude (deg): 19.2312167 Longitude (deg): 100.7518833 Altitude (m): 240, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen

: Celosia cristata; Scientific Name: Celosia cristata Common Name: cockscomb Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 2061288, Khmu Name: ràaŋ rɔ̀ɔn hyíar 'chicken cockscomb', Description: There are three varieties of this plant: ~ hyíar ‘chicken cockscomb’, ~ càay and ~ kláa sɔ́ ‘dog balls cocks-comb’. The ~ hyíar, which can have red or yellow flowers, belongs to the agricultural tradition. When people are sowing rice, they sow this plant around the field-houses for use in the ceremony for finishing off the agricultural year (>nɨ̀m) after the rice harvest, since they have the power to keep the spirits of waste (róoy yàap) away. If people use them before the rice harvest, they break a taboo and will be punished for this by the ancestor spirits. The ~ càay is similar to ~ hyíar and is used in the same way., Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen

: Celosia cristata; Scientific Name: Celosia cristata Common Name: cockscomb Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 2062440, Khmu Name: ràaŋ rɔ̀ɔn càay [Tai loan], Description: There are three varieties of this plant: ~ hyíar ‘chicken cockscomb’, ~ càay and ~ kláa sɔ́ ‘dog balls cocks-comb’. The ~ hyíar, which can have red or yellow flowers, belongs to the agricultural tradition. When people are sowing rice, they sow this plant around the field-houses for use in the ceremony for finishing off the agricultural year (>nɨ̀m) after the rice harvest, since they have the power to keep the spirits of waste (róoy yàap) away. If people use them before the rice harvest, they break a taboo and will be punished for this by the ancestor spirits. The ~ càay is similar to ~ hyíar and is used in the same way., Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen

: Gomphrena globosa; Scientific Name: Gomphrena globosa Common Name: globe amaranth Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 2063528, Khmu Name: pìc-pùul, Description: A herb whose flowers are red and white. People sow it in the fields when they are sowing rice. The flowers can be used at any time, because they do not belong to the agricul¬tural tradition and are not restricted by taboos. It can be worn behind people’s ears or around their neck in a string., Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen

: Gomphrena globosa; Scientific Name: Gomphrena globosa Common Name: globe amaranth Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 2065080, Khmu Name: pìc-pùul, Description: A herb whose flowers are red and white. People sow it in the fields when they are sowing rice. The flowers can be used at any time, because they do not belong to the agricul¬tural tradition and are not restricted by taboos. It can be worn behind people’s ears or around their neck in a string., Latitude (deg): 19.7508167 Longitude (deg): 101.9971333 Altitude (m): 552, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen

: Iresine herbstii; Scientific Name: Iresine herbstii Common Name: bloodleaf Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 1939476, Khmu Name: stɔ́ɔŋ yɨ̀m 'red dye plant', Description: A plant which gives a red (yɨ̀m) dye. It is prepared in the same way as stɔ́ɔŋ yíaŋ., Latitude (deg): 19.4238667 Longitude (deg): 101.08 Altitude (m): 1318, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen

: Unidentified (2062312); Scientific Name: Unidentified (2062312) Common Name: Unspecified Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 2062312, Khmu Name: ràaŋ rɔ̀ɔn kláa sɔ́ 'dog testicle cockscomb', Description: There are three varieties of this plant: ~ hyíar ‘chicken cockscomb’, ~ càay and ~ kláa sɔ́ ‘dog balls cocks-comb’. The ~ hyíar, which can have red or yellow flowers, belongs to the agricultural tradition. When people are sowing rice, they sow this plant around the field-houses for use in the ceremony for finishing off the agricultural year (>nɨ̀m) after the rice harvest, since they have the power to keep the spirits of waste (róoy yàap) away. If people use them before the rice harvest, they break a taboo and will be punished for this by the ancestor spirits. The ~ càay is similar to ~ hyíar and is used in the same way., Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen

: Unidentified (2062376); Scientific Name: Unidentified (2062376) Common Name: Unspecified Arkivcentrum Syd ID: 2062376, Khmu Name: ràaŋ rɔ̀ɔn kláa sɔ́ 'dog testicle cockscomb', Description: There are three varieties of this plant: ~ hyíar ‘chicken cockscomb’, ~ càay and ~ kláa sɔ́ ‘dog balls cocks-comb’. The ~ hyíar, which can have red or yellow flowers, belongs to the agricultural tradition. When people are sowing rice, they sow this plant around the field-houses for use in the ceremony for finishing off the agricultural year (>nɨ̀m) after the rice harvest, since they have the power to keep the spirits of waste (róoy yàap) away. If people use them before the rice harvest, they break a taboo and will be punished for this by the ancestor spirits. The ~ càay is similar to ~ hyíar and is used in the same way., Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen, Note: "Id" refers to the original ID of the dried plant specimen

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