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==Uses==
{{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Bloodshot eyes}}, {{Uses|Blurring of vision}}, {{Uses|Cataracts}}, {{Uses|Hypertension}}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Colic}}, {{Uses|Gonorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Eczema}}.
===Food===
Celosia argentea can be used in food. Young leaves are cooked as vegetable and seeds are used in lapshi - a sweet preparation.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Young shoots}}, {{Parts Used|Seeds}}.
==Chemical Composition==
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Celosia argentea contains the Following nutritional components like Vitamin-A, B2 and C; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc.
==Habit==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivateCultivation Details==A plant of the tropics, able to be grown also in the subtropics and warm temperate zones.Celosia argentea is available through September to January<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Open moist places}}, {{Commonly seen|Open areas and weed of crop fields}}.
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[Chemistry]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicianal Plants of Gadag by Yashpal Kshirasagar and Sonal Vrishni, Page No. 120</ref>
<ref name="Common names">Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:11</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Celosia+argentea Cultivation]</ref>
</references>
