What is palong manok in english?
The species Celosia is known by the common name Palong-manok in Filipino and Tagalog.
- Celosia
Celosia is a genus of edible and ornamental plants of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. Species are commonly known as woolflowers, or, if the flower heads are crested by fasciation, cockscombs. The principal cultivated vegetable species are C. argentea var. cristata and C. Trigyba which are grown for their edible leaves and shoots.
In English, Palong manok (Celosia) is known by Woolflower.
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