Monday, July 25, 2011

chicken's comb flowers




Plants comb chicken with a Latin name (Celosia cristata L.) at general planted in the yard and in the parks, there are rarely any growing wild. This plant can be found from the lowlands to an altitude of 1000 m above sea level. These crops grow upright, high 60-90 cm, thick and strong, branching, grooved.
Single leaves, stemmed, alternate location. Leaf blade until the elongated oval shape with a length of 5-12 cm, a width of 3.5 to 6, 5 cm, tip pointed, base tapering, flat edge, green color with little red lines in the middle of the leaf.
 
Compound interest-shaped ears, thick, fleshy, the upper widened like a rooster's comb, multiple and branched, exit at the end of the rod or in the armpit leaves, purple, red, dice, or yellow. Fruit box, oval, greenish red, cracked during cooking, there are two or more small seeds, black. Propagation by seed.

The name for this plant variety, including Ji guan hua, coxcomb, cockscomb, Hahnenkamm and to name simplicia is Celosiae cristatae Flos (flower chicken's comb.

This plant has unique characteristics, namely the flowers are similar to the chicken's comb, then some people call it cock's comb flowers. In addition to having unique in shape, these plants also have properties and major benefits to cure various diseases.

In the next article will discuss the benefits of these plants, keep trying to like plants that grow around us, because actually, from one plant contained a lot of benefits required by humans.

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