Protein grass is a wild grass with higher nutritional value than sorghum and corn, have you ever seen it?

At first glance, it looks a bit like cockscomb, but it actually is not; it is a high-quality forage grass, with the scientific name grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus), also known as thousand-grain amaranth, an annual plant of the genus Amaranthus in the family Amaranthaceae.

Grain amaranth originated in tropical Central America and South America, and its nutritional value is very high; the crude protein content in fresh grass can reach 2-4%, so grain amaranth is also called "protein grass."

The stems and leaves of grain amaranth are tender and juicy, delicately fragrant and tasty, and rich in nutrients; it is a high-quality feed for livestock and poultry, liked by pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, cattle and rabbits, and is also an excellent green feed for fish.

The seeds of grain amaranth are also a high-quality concentrated feed for poultry.

The stems of grain amaranth are upright, with blunt ridges, simple leaves, alternate, obovate or ovate-elliptic.

Grain amaranth is rich in protein and fat, and is especially known for its high protein and lysine content; according to analysis by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the total nutritional value of grain amaranth is 1.66 times that of sorghum and corn.

Grain amaranth is a high-yield crop that serves as grain, feed, vegetable and ornamental use, and is rich in nutrients.

(Photography/Shang Shan)

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