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{{SPlantbox
| name = ''Basella alba''
|familia=Basellaceae
| common_names = Malabar spinach, Ceylon spinach, climbing/vine spinach
|genus=Basella
| growth_habit = vine
|species=alba
|common_name=Malabar spinach, Ceylon spinach, climbing/vine spinach
|habit=vine-climber
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|Max ht box=3
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|Max ht metric=m
| lifespan = perennial
|lifespan=perennial
| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|exposure=sun
|features=edible
| features = edible leaves
|Temp Metric=°F
| hardiness = frost tender
|min_zone=10
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|max_zone=12
|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
|image=Basella alba-2.JPG
| color = IndianRed
|image_width=240
| image = Basella alba-2.JPG
|image_caption=Basella alba
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = Basella alba
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Basella rubra, Linn. Lvs. succulent, alternate, rarely opposite, almost entire, of various forms: fls. not pedi- celled, in simple spikes or racemes; spikes short or long, lax, few-fld. Lam. Ill., pl. 215, fig. 1. Rheede, Hort. Mal. 7, pl. 24.—The following species are now considered only forms of the above: B. alba, a white-fld. form rarely cult, as a trailer from roofs of warmhouses, or as a basket plant; B. caninifolia; B. cardifolia, with heart-shaped Lvs. 4-5 in. long and 2-2½ in. wide; B. crassifolia; B. japonica; B. lucida, from India; B. nigra, a Chinese form; B. ramosa and B. volubilis. Under the name of sweet malabar vine, a form with tiny yellow and red fls., and Lvs. variegated with white, pink, and green has been advertised. It is said that "with age it assumes a drooping habit. When cut, keeps fresh for weeks."
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'''''Basella alba''''' is a [[perennial]] [[vine]] originating in the tropics where it is widely used as a [[leaf vegetable]]{{wp}}. It is in flower from May to September, and the seeds ripen from July to October[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Basella+alba].
'''''Basella alba''''' is a [[perennial]] [[vine]] originating in the tropics where it is widely used as a [[leaf vegetable]]{{wp}}. It is in flower from May to September, and the seeds ripen from July to October[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Basella+alba].
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