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Talinum fruticosum is a herbaceous perennial plant that is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, West Africa, Central America, and much of South America.Common names include Ceylon spinach, [2] waterleaf, cariru, Gbure, Surinam purslane, Philippine spinach, Florida spinach, potherb fameflower, Lagos bologi, sweetheart, and Kutu bataw in Ghana from the Akan language [1] It is widely grown in ...
Malabar spinach Scientific classification; Kingdom: ... Basella alba is known by common names including Malabar spinach, ... In the Philippines, ...
Ipomoea aquatica, widely known as water spinach, is a semi-aquatic, tropical plant grown as a vegetable for its tender shoots. I. aquatica is generally believed to have been first domesticated in Southeast Asia.
Spinach became a popular vegetable in the Arab Mediterranean and arrived in the Iberian Peninsula by the latter part of the 12th century, where Ibn al-ʻAwwām called it raʼīs al-buqūl, 'the chieftain of leafy greens'. [10] Spinach was also the subject of a special treatise in the 11th century by Ibn Ḥajjāj. [11] [better source needed]
The leaves can be eaten like spinach, flowers can be used in salads, tubers can be eaten raw or cooked, and seeds can be used in similar ways as the soybean. The winged bean is an underutilised species but has the potential to become a major multi-use food crop in the tropics of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
The genus name may derive from the Latin "spina" or from Persian "ispanakh" (=spine), referring to the spiny fruit. [1] Spinacia is closely related to genus Blitum, both grouping in Tribus Anserineae (Syn. Spinacieae). [6] The genus Spinacia comprises 3 species: Spinacia oleracea L., spinach: only cultivated, probably originating from Southwest ...
Gynura procumbens (also known as sabuñgai or sambung nyawa [2] [3]), sometimes called "longevity spinach" or "longevity greens", is an edible vine found in China, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Leaves are ovate-elliptic or lanceolate , 3.5 to 8 centimetres ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 to 3 + 1 ⁄ 6 in) long, and 0.8 to 3.5 centimetres ( 1 ⁄ 3 to 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 ...
Alternanthera sessilis is a flowering plant known by several common names, including sissoo spinach, Brazilian spinach, sessile joyweed, dwarf copperleaf. It is cultivated as a vegetable worldwide. It is cultivated as a vegetable worldwide.