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Family: Amaranthaceae	Genus: Celosia	Species: Celosia argentea L. ( सरवाली )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Amaranthus cristatus Noronha, Celosia cristata L.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Sarwali	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Wheat Celosia, Flamingo Feathers, Silver Cockscomb, Silver-spiked Cockscomb, Plumed Cockscomb	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Sarwali	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Up to 2000 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Capsule ovoid to almost globular. Seeds 1 lenticular, black, shining, testa very finely reticulate.
Habitat	Weed in cultivated areas and wastelands	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Perhaps originally native to India	Bark Details
Distribution in Haryana	Morni-Pinjore, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Lence shaped
Description of Species	Shrub, lower stem often woody, Leaves lanceolate-oblong to narrowly linear, acute to obtuse. Inflorescence a dense (rarely laxer below) many-flowered spike; Bracts and bracteoles lanceolate or towards the base of the spike deltoid, Fruit a capsule ovoid to almost globular; seeds lenticular, black, shining, testa very finely reticulate	Leaf Details	Leaves lanceolate-oblong to narrowly linear, acute to obtuse

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