Back بازيلاء بيضاء Arabic بازيلاء بيضاء ARZ Basella alba AST পুঁই শাক Bengali/Bangla Espinac de Ceilan Catalan Alugbati CEB Bazela bílá Czech Indischer Spinat German Blanka bazelo Esperanto Basella alba Spanish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Basellaceae |
| Genus: | Basella |
| Species: | B. alba
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| Basella alba | |
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Basella alba is an edible perennial vine in the family Basellaceae. It is found in tropical Asia and Africa where it is widely used as a leaf vegetable. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and New Guinea. It is naturalized in China, tropical Africa, Brazil, Belize, Colombia, the West Indies, Fiji and French Polynesia.[1]
Basella alba is known by common names including Malabar spinach, vine spinach, Ceylon spinach and Indian spinach.[2][3]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Basella alba
- ^ "Basella alba". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Appell, Scott. "Red-Stemmed Malabar Spinach". Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Retrieved 23 April 2022.