Basella 'Green'
- Product number: 018000
- Origin: South and Southeast Asia
- Latin: Basella alba
Green-leaved, the most commonly used variety for tropical horticulture.
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 in pots outdoors! The plant produces considerable trailing shoots. In the greenhouse, tie them up with strings. A graceful plant!
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Latin: Basella alba
Dutch: Basella
Also known as: Poi, Chan Choi or Climbing Spinach
English: Malabar/Ceylon Spinach, Slippery Vegetable
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- Flower colour: Greenish white
- Origin: South and Southeast Asia
- Average growth height: More than 200 cm
- Annual or perennial: Perennial
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Basella alba
- Dutch: Basella
- Also known as: Poi, Chan Choi or Climbing Spinach
- English: Malabar/Ceylon Spinach, Slippery Vegetable
