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Help ID this veggie...

Posted by piksi_hk 9 (My Page) on
Sun, Feb 11, 07 at 10:47

I bought this at the Oriental store and rooted this in water. It now has round black seeds on it.
Here's two pictures:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/Piksi/Winter 2007/P2070039.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v351/Piksi/Winter 2007/P2070038.jpg


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RE: Help ID this veggie...

It looks to me like Malabar spinach (Basella alba). If planted, it should develop into a twining vine.


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RE: Help ID this veggie...

Yup. Malabar Spinach. The green type. The violet is pretty too.


 
 

 

 


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