Abstract

Celosia trigyna has become an underutilized species of Celosia in Nigeria, it is known to be medicinal and very nutritive. It is therefore intended that with their collection and evaluation, they could be domesticated. So far four varieties have been identified and described. All of them have a high tendency of shattering of the seeds from the inflorescence. The plant structure for all of them is prostrate, the varieties described are: NHcta01, NHcta03, NHcta4, and NHcta7. It was dicovered that compared with C. argentea, they branch profusely and the leaves are smaller and ovate rather than lancolate.

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