Celosia pseudovirgata

Schinz

AmaranthaceaeLeaves

Celosia pseudovirgata

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Celosia pseudovirgata

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Celosia pseudovirgata

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows along roadsides and in cultivated land.

Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo, Nigeria, West Africa,

Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

An herb in the Amaranthaceae family that grows approximately 1 m high. It is a tropical plant found along roadsides and in cultivated land.

Names & Synonyms

Celosia bonnivairii var. lanceolata Schinz

References (2)

Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1. Kew.
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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