Lamb’s Quarters

Other Names : Chenopodium album, Bathua
is an ancient plant, related to both beetroot, spinach, and quinoa. According to the book, “Food in China,” bathua has been a food source of several old civilizations: it was likely cultivated in Neolithic Europe (7,000-1700 BC), and was also found in China circa 5th century AD. Most botanists agree that its origins are indeed in Europe, and evidence supports the claim that hunter-gatherers ate bathua throughout the Bronze Age and Iron Age.