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Basellaceae
Indian-spinach
Basella alba
Also known as Ceylon spinach, Malabar spinach, Vine spinach, Basella crassifolia
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Edible · Tropical · Vine · Leafy Greens · Climbing · Heat Tolerant · Culinary · Fast Growing · Humid
Indian-spinach is a fast-growing tropical vine that thrives in warm, humid conditions with partial shade and consistently moist soil. Water every few days and provide a trellis or support for its climbing stems. It is highly productive as an edible leafy green and tolerates heat far better than true spinach.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is consistently moist; do not allow to fully dry out · Every 3-5 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Borneo, Brazil Southeast, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., Cuba, Czechoslovakia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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