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Taxon:
Basella alba
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Basella
Family:
Basellaceae
Nomen number:
6531
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:272. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
03/12/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Basella cordifolia
Lam.
Basella rubra
L.
No images
Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P.
2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 51:114-116.
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Note:
based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
http://www.skud.info
Aubréville, A. et al., eds.
Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
Flora of Java. 1963-1968
Boggan, J. et al.
Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997
Burger, W. C., ed.
Flora costaricensis. 1971-
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
Encke, F. et al.
Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
Flora zambesiaca. 1960-
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
Note:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Basella+alba&quantity=1
Forzza, R. C. et al., coord.
Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (on-line resource).
http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/
Funk, V. et al.
Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584. 2007
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed.
Flora of the Guianas. 1986-
Govaerts, R.
World checklist of selected plant families (on-line resource).
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hara, H. et al.
An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
Hara, H.
Flora of eastern Himalaya. v. 1:1966, v. 2:1971, v. 3:1975
Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds.
Flora of Ecuador. 1973-
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
Flora of Ethiopia. 1989- (and Eritrea. 2000)
Howard, R.
Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
Huxley, A., ed.
The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
http://www.hear.org/pier/index.html
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
Flora of Japan. 1993-
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
Keng, H.
The concise flora of Singapore. 1990-
Kress, W. J. et al., eds.
Revised checklist of the plants of Myanmar (Burma) (on-line resource).
http://persoon.si.edu/myanmar/
Kunkel, G.
Plants for human consumption. 1984
Li, H. L. et al., eds.
Flora of Taiwan. 1975-1979
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Macbride, J. F. et al., eds.
Flora of Peru. 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Note:
American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:83
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Press, J. R. et al.
Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal (on-line resource). 2000-
http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=110
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
Rehm, S.
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:93.
http://proseanet.org
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds.
Flora of Thailand. 1970-
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
Flora malesiana. 1948-
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Walker, E.
Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds.
Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
http://www.prota4u.info/
Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
Ceylon-spinach –
Reference(s)
Indian-spinach –
Reference(s)
Malabar-nightshade –
Reference(s)
Malabar-spinach –
Reference(s)
vine-spinach –
Reference(s)
French
épinard de Malabar –
Reference(s)
baselle –
Reference(s)
brède d'Angola –
Reference(s)
brède de Malabar –
Reference(s)
German
Malabarspinat –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
tsuru-murasaki –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
bacela –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
bertalha –
Reference(s)
bretalha –
Reference(s)
Spanish
espinaca blanca –
Reference(s)
espinaca de Malabar –
Reference(s)
Swahili
Mboga buterezi –
Reference(s)
Swedish
malabarspenat –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
luo kui –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
2
Cultivated
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
2
Cultivated
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
2
Cultivated
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Togo
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
China
China
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Java
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Singapore
2
Cultivated
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
U.S. Outlying Islands
Midway Islands
2
Cultivated
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
2
Cultivated
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Caribbean
Barbados
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Guatemala
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Panama
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
4
Naturalized
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
4
Naturalized
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
4
Naturalized
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
4
Naturalized
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
4
Naturalized
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
4
Naturalized
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
4
Naturalized
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
4
Naturalized
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi
4
Naturalized
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
4
Naturalized
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Congo
4
Naturalized
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Rwanda
4
Naturalized
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Zaire
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
China
China
4
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Borneo
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Java
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
Sumatra
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
New Guinea
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
U.S. Outlying Islands
Midway Islands
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Palau
4
Naturalized
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Barbados
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
St. Lucia
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Mesoamerica
Panama
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
French Guiana
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
6
Other
probable origin paleotropics
Cultivated
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Malawi
,
Zambia
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Nigeria
,
Sierra Leone
,
Togo
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
[Java],
Malaysia
,
Philippines
,
Singapore
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
U.S. Outlying Islands
[Midway Islands],
United States
[Hawaii]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Barbados
,
St. Lucia
MESOAMERICA:
Guatemala
,
Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Naturalized
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi
,
Cameroon
,
Congo
,
Rwanda
,
Zaire
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
EASTERN ASIA:
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Sri Lanka
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Borneo
,
New Guinea
,
Indonesia
[Java, Sumatra],
Philippines
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
U.S. Outlying Islands
[Midway Islands],
United States
[Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Palau
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
Southern America
BRAZIL:
Brazil
CARIBBEAN:
Barbados
,
St. Lucia
MESOAMERICA:
Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
Other
(probable origin paleotropics)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Food additives
coloring (fide F ChinaEng) –
Reference(s)
Human food
vegetable (fide L Edible Pl; CultTropS; F ChinaEng) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2; F ChinaEng) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses