Celosia argentea, Celosia trigyna.

Celosia argentea Linn. Amaranthaceae.

Cosmopolitan tropics. In China, this plant is a troublesome weed in flax fields but is gathered and consumed as a vegetable. In France, it is grown in flower gardens.

Celosia trigyna Linn.

Tropical Africa. According to Grant, this plant is eaten as a potherb


Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.