1,102 Chinese Spinach Malaysia. Grown/Found in 2,007 The article mentioned that in Malaysia, all five types of Amaranthus species is found to occur and is usually used as a vegetable namely “bayam putih” (Amaranthus paniculatus), “bayam merah” (Amaranthus gangeticus), “bayam itik” (Amaranthus blitum), “bayam duri“ (Amaranthus spinosus), and “bayam panjang“ (Amaranthus viridis). Cited from Amin et al. (2006). Amaranthus gangeticus is synonym for Amaranthus tricolor (Chinese Spinach). 2279