Celosia leptostachya Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Celosia

Characteristics

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.
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Weakly erect herb, 1–2 ft. high, or straggling, sometimes rooting at the nodes
Flower spikes white, becoming brownish.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.31 - 0.61
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in undergrowth and along roadsides.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are eaten cooked.
Uses food gene source medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Celosia leptostachya world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:59904-1
WFO ID wfo-0000593105
COL ID S4BZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Celosia leptostachya