Basellaceae
Ceylon spinach
Basella alba
- Family
- Basellaceae
- Genus
- Basella
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Common names
By language (44)
- Arabic
- بازيلاء بيضاء, ملبار
- arz
- بازيلاء بيضاء
- Bangla
- পুঁই শাক
- Bulgarian
- Бяла базела
- Burmese
- ကင်ပိမ့်ပင်
- Cantonese
- 潺菜
- Catalan
- Espinac malabar
- Chinese
- 落葵, 木耳菜, 染绛子, 潺菜, 紫葵, 胭脂菜, 臙脂豆, 落葵子
- Czech
- Bazela bílá
- English
- Ceylon spinach, Malabar spinach, New zealand spinach, Vine spinach
- Esperanto
- Baselo blanka, Malabar Spinaco, Vito spinaco
- Filipino
- Libato, Malabar nightshade, Malabar nightshades
- Finnish
- Malabarinpinaatti
- French
- Épinard de Malabar
- German
- Indischer Spinat, Malabarspinat
- Haitian Creole
- Bazèl
- Hindi
- पोई
- Indonesian
- Bayam malabar, Bayam sailan, Gandola, Gendola, Lembayung, Lembayung malabar
- Japanese
- ツルムラサキ, つるむらさき
- Kannada
- ಬಸಳೆ
- Korean
- 말라바시금치
- Malay
- Lembayung malabar
- Malayalam
- വള്ളിച്ചീര, Malabar spinach, വഷളച്ചീര
- Marathi
- मायाळू
- mnw
- လှိုန်
- Odia
- ପୋଇ
- pam
- Libatu
- Polish
- Wyćwiklin biały
- Punjabi
- ਬੇਸੇਲਾ ਐਲਬਾ
- Russian
- Базелла белая, Базелла-шпинат, Малабарский шпинат
- Sanskrit
- पोतकी
- sat
- ᱯᱩᱨᱟ.ᱭ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ
- shn
- ၽၵ်းပင်
- Sinhala
- Nivithi
- Slovenian
- Cejlonska špinača, Rdečelistna špinača
- Spanish
- Espinaca China, Espinaca de Malabar
- Swedish
- Malabarspenat
- Tamil
- பசளி
- tcy
- ಬಸಲೆ
- Telugu
- బచ్చలి కూర
- Thai
- ผักปลัง
- Turkish
- Çin Ispanağı
- Urdu
- پوئی
- Vietnamese
- Mồng tơi, Mùng tơi
Synonyms
- Basella alba var. cordifolia (Lam.) M.R.Almeida
- Basella alba var. subcordata Hassk.
- Basella alba var. subrotunda Moq.
- Basella cananifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Basella cordifolia Lam.
- Basella crassifolia Salisb.
- Basella japonica Burm.f.
- Basella lucida L.
- Basella nigra Lour.
- Basella oleracea Alef.
- Basella oleracea var. alba (L.) Alef.
- Basella oleracea var. cordifolia (Lam.) Alef.
- Basella oleracea var. japonica (Burm.f.) Alef.
- Basella oleracea var. nigra (Lour.) Alef.
- Basella oleracea var. ramosa (J.Jacq. ex Spreng.) Alef.
- Basella oleracea var. rubra (L.) Alef.
- Basella ramosa J.Jacq. ex Spreng.
- Basella rubra L.
- Basella rubra var. virescens Moq.
- Basella volubilis Salisb.
- Gandola nigra (Lour.) Raf.
- Gandola rubra Rumph. ex L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.