Basella 'Rubra'
- Product number: 018010
- Origin: South and Southeast Asia
- Latin: Malabar spinach
Dark green leaves with a purple hue and purple stems: extra ornamental!
Leafy vegetable with thick leaf stalks and watery, thick leaves. This vegetable is highly valued in Surinamese and Asian cuisine. Professional cultivation in the Netherlands takes place under glass, but it also does very well outdoors in pots! The plant produces significant trailing runners. In the greenhouse, tie it to strings. An ornamental plant!
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Latin: Basella alba
Dutch: Basella 'Rubra'
Also known as: Poi, Chan Choi or Climbing Spinach
English: Malabar/Ceylon Spinach, Slippery Vegetable
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- Flower colour: Inconspicuous small flowers
- Origin: South and Southeast Asia
- Average growth height: More than 120 cm
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Malabar spinach
- Dutch: Basella 'Rubra'
- Also known as: Poi, Chan Choi or Climbing Spinach
- English: Malabar/Ceylon Spinach, Slippery Vegetable
