Seed variety
Malabar spinach – Basella alba
Basella alba is a climbing member of the Basellaceae from tropical Asia. It is a climbing subshrub with fleshy, glossy foliage and is frost-sensitive, so it is often treated as an annual where winters are cold.
At a glance
Reference BSI-H44200Variety profile
Characteristics
- Cultivar
- Malabar spinach
- Seeds per gram
- 20.0
- Plant height (cm)
- 200
- Growth habit
- Upright
- Life cycle
- Annual
Botanical details
- Common names
- Malabar spinach · Ceylon spinach
- Class
- Angiosperms
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Basellaceae
- Genus
- Basella
- Species
- Basella alba