Basella 'Nigra'
- Product number: 018005
- Origin: South and Southeast Asia
- Latin: Malabar spinach
The darkest-leaved variety: the more sun, the darker. The dark purple stems complete the picture, extra ornamental for flower boxes, but of course just as tasty!
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 long, trailing runners. In the greenhouse, tie them up with strings. An ornamental 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: Inconspicuous small flowers
- 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: Malabar spinach
- Dutch: Malabar spinach
- Also known as: Malabar Spinach, or Poi
- English: Malabar/Ceylon Spinach, Slippery Vegetable
