Quail grass PRODUCT NAME
Celosia argentea L. syn Celosia cristata L. syn Celosia coccinea L. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Quail grass |
| Local Name: | Kurtub kuccha (Durva); Safed murga (Hindi); Gurugu, Panchechettu (Telugu). |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
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| Product Description: | An erect annual, up to 2m high, glabrous, with stems and branches strongly ridged. Leaves lanceolate-oblong to narrowly linear, 10 x 3cm, sometimes bigger, distant, base usually cuneate; secondary nerves slender, 5-7 pairs. Flowers in dense, terminal spikes, silver to pink, conical at first and later cylindrical. Bracts and bracteoles persistent. Tepals narrowly elliptic-oblong, very scarious. Filaments delicate, anthers and filaments magenta to cream-colorred. Utricle ovoid to globose. Seeds lenticular, reticulate. |
| NTFP Classification: | Food and food ingredients (plant-derived) |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India |
| Description: | Plant usually found in abundant fields |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | leaves, leaflets |
| Uses: | Leaves use as a potherb and have a sour taste |
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