Synonyms
Chenopodium album L.: Chenopodium centrorubrum Nakai; Chenopodium virgatum Thunb.; Chenopodium iljinii Golosk
Chenopodium foliosum L.: Blitum virgatum L.; Chenopodium korshinskyi Litv.; Chenopodium virgatum Thunb.
Local Names
Georgia: Chenopodium album: 
- natsarkatama, 
- erbovana (Mokhevian), 
- tatabo (Tushetian), 
- tatamai (Mokhevian), 
- mesgela (Svnanetian), 
- mesgvla(Svnanetian), 
- moch’arkhlue (Lechkhumian), 
- muskvila (Svnanetian), 
- mkhali (Kartlian, Kakhetian), 
- natsara (Gurian), 
- natsarbnevia (Meskhetian), 
- natsarbnia (Meskhetian), 
- katamnatsara (Imeretian), 
- katanatsara (Imeretian), 
- katmato (Javakhetian), 
- kerope (Megrelian), 
- korapa (Gurian), 
- korope (Megrelian), 
- che jumene (Megrelian). Chenopodium foliosum: 
- matuta, 
- k’at’amarts’q’va (Kartlian), 
- matutela (Kakhetian), 
- dzaghlamarts’q’va (Kartlian), 
- dzaghltzhola (Mthiuletian), 
- dzaghlimaq’vala (Lechkhumian), 
- dzaghlis tuta (Kzq’.), 
- dzaghlis marts’q’vi (Meskhetian), 
- dzaghlis zholo...
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Batsatsashvili, K. et al. (2017). Chenopodium album L. Chenopodium foliosum L. Amaranthaceae . In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49412-8_113
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