[Quail Grass; Efo Shoko, Shokoyoto, Soko Yokoto (Nigeria);
Célosie, Célosie argentée, crète de coq,
Plumed cockscomb, Cresta de gallo; Celosia argentea]
While its African origin is disputed, this plant, very similar to Amaranth, is much used in West and Central Africa as greens. Young flower heads are also often incorporated with the leaves. It is also eaten as greens in Southeast Asia, South America and the West Indies. Fancy decorative varieties have been developed with complex flower heads. Photo by J.M.Garg distributed under license Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike v3.0..
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