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Basella (native Malabar name). Basellaceae. Malabar Nightshade. Annual or biennial herbs, cult. in the tropics as a pot-herb, like spinach. They have bisexual, white, red or violet fls. Rarely cult. N. as an ornamental warmhouse climber. It may also be started indoors, and set out in May for use as a garden vegetable, to follow spinach. Prop. by seeds. Only 1 species, which is, however, remarkably variable.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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