Malabar spinach – A native plant of tropical Asia [with Photographs]

I got this plant, I was looking at this plant and just read some books about it. In our plant kingdom we have many plants which are medicinally used and some are edible. Its native to the Indian subcontinents, It has got many names like Malabar Spinach, vine spinach, red vine spinach, climbing spinach, creeping spinach, buffalo spinach. In Hindi its called Malabar Palak , and in my mother-tongue Kannada it is known as Basale soppu. and also called as Potaki/Vaslakkirai is Basella alba Linn. var. rubra Stewart. and it belongs to the family Basellaceae….

KINGDOM: Plantae

PHYLUM: Magnoliophyta

This plant is cultivated across India, some we see around our house,these are climbers which are beautifully grown can cover windows and showcase home beautifully. It is grown as pot herb , We also have this in home. It is a vegetable with medicinal properties,Southeast countries cultivate these plants. My mother prepares a recipe of this plant for rice…

Its been said this is very rich in its vitamins and nutrition’s ,it can be used for malnutrition. any way these things you can find anywhere.. But i love this plant and my mom prepares a recipe of this.

Some pics of this plants….

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An Mechanical Engineer, Physics enthusiast, Music Geek, Writer (Freelancer) I mostly spend my time in Writing physics stuffs and also reading them. I sometimes teach students. I like Music and it’s blend between Physics. I’m passionately curious about universe a cosmological horizon, which makes me to dig my head and twist my brain. Isnt' it ? this universe is so fascinating. I read books a lot. I loved to gift them too. When it comes to inspiration for Poetry and writing it’s Kalidasa ( Poet, writer) and when it comes to Science it’s Einstein, whom I call my guru ( A virtual guru) . Leonardo da Vinci is for all things which I do from painting to scientific ventures. and Swami sivananda and my guru mathaji are my guides to this life. A Spirituality - this is one serious thing I learnt in my life and learning, which transformed me from a less curious to more awaken towards the goal of life. This was gift from my mathaji (Guru) a saint from Mumbai lived in Bangalore lord’s grace ashram, but she is no more, lives in our thoughts. Now my Journey is at peak So this is me Akshay Kumar. Waiting for an Amazing adventure of life, that yet to be Come. View more posts

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Akshay kumar says:

July 20, 2017 at 8:41 am

Thank you so much sweta… 🙂 🙂
I’m writing generally, but I didn’t thought will reach readers so closely… Feels happy about this nomination… sorry for late reply… comment was in spam..ao couldn’t see.. Thank you… 🙂 🙂 once again.

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