Celosia spicata

• Botanical Name : Celosia spicata Spreng.
• Common Name : Silver Cockscomb, Wheat Celosia, Lampdi, Lampdu
• Plant Family : Amaranthaceae
• Plant Form : Herb
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 8
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan, Sarita Udyan

About Celosia spicata Plant :

• Habit : A small, annual, erect herb with grooved stem.
• Leaves : Alternate,linear-lanceolate, acute, entire, base tapering into the petiole.
• Inflorescence : Terminal spikes.
• Flowers :
  • Pinkish at first gradually becoming white when old.
  • Bracteoles scarious, linear.
  • Perianth 1-5, scarious, linear-lanceolate.
  • Stamens 5, filaments united at the base to form a cup.
  • Ovary superior, one-celled, style slender.
• Fruit : Capsule (Ptyxis) dehisce transversely with 4-8, flat seeds.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : September-December
• Significance :
  • Common in grass after rains everywhere.
  • The seeds are useful in diarrhoea.