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  Red-Stemmed Malabar Spinach—A Deliciously Stunning Vine
Basella alba goes by many other common names besides Malabar spinach, including Ceylon spinach, Indian spinach, vine spinach, and Malabar nightshade.
Native to India and Indonesia (Malabar is a coastal region in southwestern India), the plant is used in traditional cuisines as far westward from its point of origin as Japan and eastward as Africa.
Basella alba prefers a humus-rich, sandy loam in full sun.
www.bbg.org /gar2/topics/kitchen/2006su_spinach.html   (753 words)

  
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Basella alba or ‘Ceylon spinach’ (not to be confused with ‘Red Ceylon spinach’ aka ‘basella rubra’) is a leafy vegetable typically grown in tropical regions.
Basella alba is incredibly interesting as it has been shown to increase serum testosterone and also increase bodyweight in the rat model.
Further research in vivo has demonstrated that basella alba appears to exert these effects by stimulating the Leydig cells directly to produce testosterone.
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 PLANTS Profile for Basella alba (Ceylon spinach) | USDA PLANTS
Basella alba L. Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
Basella alba L. This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries.
Basella alba L. View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
plants.usda.gov /java/profile?symbol=BAAL2   (129 words)

  
 PAG-XIV (P158) Genetic Relationship Between Basella alba And Basella rubra Using RAPDs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Basella, a genus of the family Basellacea is a vegetable crop of increasing value but underutilized.It can be used as dye, ornamental and medicine.
Random amplified polymorphic DNA was employed to examine genetic diversity between Basella alba and Basella rubra.
The striking morphological difference between B.alba and B. rubra is the colour of the edges of the leaves and the stem.
www.intl-pag.org /14/abstracts/PAG14_P158.html   (125 words)

  
 basellarubra
New ribosome-inactivating proteins with polynucleotide:adenosine glycosidase and antiviral activities from Basella rubra L. and Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd.
Agronomic evaluation of the performance of Indian spinach (Basella alba L., synonym Basella rubra) in Ouro Preto D'Oeste, Rondonia (Brazil).
Makambila, C. A new disease of Malabar nightshade (Basella sp.) in the Congo.
www.newcrops.uq.edu.au /listing/basellarubra.htm   (501 words)

  
 BASELLA ALBA - CEYLON SPINACH.
The fruits contain a red dye that has been used for official seals; this dye has also been used as rouge rouge on the skin of the face and as a food color.
The variety Basella rubra has red flowers and a bright purple- red stem; both alba and rubra are edible but the green leaved cultivars that are commercially cultivated belong to the Basella alba.
Full sun / light shade; plant outdoors after last expected frost.
www.tropilab.com /bas.html   (269 words)

  
 Nightshade plant - PointAsk Question   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
East Indies; it's close relative, Basella rubra, is said to be from
Basella will also be stunted by cold weather, but will thrive in
Basella Alba is the white variety; B. rubra the red, but B. Alba
www.pointask.com /pointask/f_q.php3?qid=9904   (409 words)

  
 Basella Alba
BASELLA RUBRA Basellaceae Malabar Spinach, Ceylon Salad Leaves from Synonym: Basella alba var rubra: Seed Catalogue No : 181C: English Name: Malabar Spinach, Ceylon Salad Leaves seeds: Description: When we listed this plant a long time ago in 1978, we offered it as an
BASELLA ALBA - CEYLON SPINACH BASELLA ALBA L - CEYLON SPINACH Synonym: basella rubra, basella cordifolia Common name: tsuru murasa kai, ceylon spinach, indian spinach, malabar spinach, gendola, genjerot, vine spinach, remayong
Basellaceae in Flora of North America @ efloras org Tubers or starchy rhizomes of Anredera species are also eaten Basella alba Linnaeus is widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas, where it is used
www.buildingbits.com /basella+alba   (431 words)

  
 Basella
[ Basedowia ] [ Basella ] [ Baseonema ]
Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.
For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.
www.crescentbloom.com /plants/Genus/B/A/Basella.htm   (115 words)

  
 Promising Plants Profile - Basella alba var. rubra
A twining vine, Basella alba can grow to 9 or 10 feet tall in a growing season provided it has a strong trellis.
beautiful form of B. alba is B. alba var.
The difference with the variety, as opposed to the all-green species, is the striking contrast between the succulent dark green leaves and the bright purple-red stems and petioles that support them.
www.herbsociety.org /promplant/balbarubra.php   (367 words)

  
 Basella alba - Plants For A Future database report
Basella alba - Plants For A Future database report
It is an excellent hot weather substitute for spinach[183].
Some authorities recognize three different species, B. alba, B. rubra and B. cordifolia[206], they are all treated here as being part of one species[K].
www.pfaf.org /database/plants.php?Basella+alba   (1203 words)

  
 Wit's End Growers -- Basella alba Rubra -- Malabar Spinach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Wit's End Growers -- Basella alba Rubra -- Malabar Spinach
Edible, vining spinach grows on a rugged looking vine and has dark green glossy leaves, it blooms in small clusters of pink flowers that turn into fl berries.
This is very bold and interesting on trellises, especially when combined with other blooming vines (and it tastes good too!)
www.pickoftheplanet.com /varieties/basella.html   (58 words)

  
 Daily consumption of Indian spinach (Basella alba) or sweet potatoes has a positive effect on total-body vitamin A ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Articles by Haskell, M. Articles by Brown, K. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol.
Daily consumption of Indian spinach (Basella alba) or sweet potatoes has a positive effect on total-body vitamin A stores in Bangladeshi men
(Basella alba); or synthetic sources of vitamin A or ß-carotene
www.ajcn.org /cgi/content/full/80/3/705   (6280 words)

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