Celosia leptostachya

Benth.

Amaranthaceae Edible: Leaves

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Description

A straggling annual herb. The stem is 25-50 cm long. It is slender and with few branches. The leaves have long stalks. The leaf blade is 5 cm long.

Edible Uses

The leaves are eaten cooked.

Traditional Uses

The leaves are eaten cooked.

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Distribution

A tropical plant. It grows in undergrowth and along roadsides.

Where It Grows

Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, Congo DR, East Africa, Equatorial-Guinea, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Sahel, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, West Africa,

Notes

There are about 40-50 Celosia species.

Also Known As

Ajefawo, Iphowuphowu

References (8)

Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1. Kew.
J. D. Hooker & G. Bentham in W. J. Hooker, Niger Fl. 491. 1849
Jardin, C., 1970, List of Foods Used In Africa, FAO Nutrition Information Document Series No 2.p 65
Termote, C., et al, 2011, Eating from the wild: Turumbu, Mbole and Bali traditional knowledge of non-cultivated edible plants, District Tshopo, DRCongo, Gen Resourc Crop Evol. 58:585-618
Termote, C., Van Damme, P. & Benoit D. D., Eating from the Wild: Turumbu Indigenous Knowledge on Non-Cultivated Edible Plants, Tshopo District, DRCongo.

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Termote, C., 2012, Wild edible plant use in Tshopo District, Democratic Republic of Congo. Universiteit Gent. p 69
Thiselton-Dywer, W.T., (Ed.), 1913, Flora of Tropical Africa. Vol VI-section 1. Reeve, p 23
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew