EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: CEOAR
• Preferred name: Celosia argentea
• Authority: Linnaeus

Niger to Somalia, Sénégal and Guinée to Nigeria and Cameroon, Gabon, Zaïre, East Africa to Zambia. Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in southern Europe, southern Mediterranean, Central Asia (Turkmenistan), Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Japan, Korea, Mauretania, Mali, Angola, northern South Africa, USA (mainly southeast), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone), New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)

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