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Basella alba L.

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Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Caryophyllales
family
Basellaceae
genus
Basella
species
Basella alba

Name

Synonyms
Basella alba var. cordifolia (Lam.) M.R.Almeida
Basella alba var. subcordata Hassk.
Basella alba var. subrotunda Moq.
Basella cananifolia Buch.-Ham.
Basella cananifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Basella cordifolia Lam.
Basella crassifolia Salisb.
Basella japonica Burm.fil.
Basella lucida L.
Basella nigra Lour.
Basella ramosa J.Jacq. ex Spreng.
Basella rubra L.
Basella rubra var. virescens Moq.
Basella volubilis Salisb.
Gandola nigra (Lour.) Raf.
Gandola rubra Rumph.
Gandola rubra Rumph. ex L.
Homonyms
Basella alba L.
Common names
Acelga trepadora in language.
Bretana in language.
Ceylon spinach in English
Ceylon-spinach in English
Country spinach in language.
Indian spinach in English
Indian-spinach in English
Indisk spinat in Danish
Libato in language.
Malabar nightshade in language.
Malabar-nightshade in English
Malabar-spinach in English
Malabarspinat in Danish
Malabarspinat in German
Mboga buterezi in Swahili
bacela in Portuguese
baselle in French
bertalha in language.
bertalha in Portuguese
bompongo in language.
bretalha in language.
brède d'Angola in French
brède de Malabar in French
espinaca blanca in Spanish
espinaca de Malabar in Spanish
imboyo in language.
indarama in language.
kienda-nameceka in language.
luo kui in language.
malabarspenat in Swedish
mantiri in language.
n'do in language.
tsuru-murasaki in language.
vine-spinach in English
épinard de Malabar in French
Spinach in English
malabarspenat in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. Botânica Sistemática,263,2008
  2. Svenska kärlväxtnamn (1900-01-01 00:00:00) Databas levererad av Thomas Karlsson 2011-06-16
  3. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021px), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=BAAL2
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