Malabar spinach

English

Basella alba

Noun

Malabar spinach (usually uncountable, plural Malabar spinaches)

1. Basella alba, an Asian vine with leaves that are used as spinach-like greens.

Synonyms

• (Basella alba): Malabar climbing spinach, Ceylon spinach, Indian spinach, East-Indian spinach, Surinam spinach, Chinese spinach, Malabar nightshade, broad bologi, vine spinach, Vietnamese spinach, buffalo spinach

Translations

plant

• Catalan: espinac de Ceilan m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 木耳菜 (mù'ěrcài)

• Kannada: ಬಸಳೆ (kn) (basaḷe)
• Khmer: វល្លិ៍ជន្លង់ (vôllôិ៍ជន្លង់)
• Telugu: బచ్చలి (te) (baccali)
• Vietnamese: mồng tơi (vi), mùng tơi

References

• Basella alba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Basella alba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Basella alba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons