Celosia schweinfurthiana

Botanical Description

Celosia schweinfurthiana is a perennial plant, usually growing up to 15cm tall but sometimes scrambling over the ground rooting as it goes, or becoming a climber on other plants supporting itself by means of tendrils and producing stems up to 5 metres long[ 398 Title Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania Publication Author Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. Publisher Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. Year 2002 ISBN 9966-896-60-0 Description A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants. ]. The stems can become somewhat woody at the base[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its edible leaves, which are used locally.