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Aizoaceae

New Zealand spinach

Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze

Family
Aizoaceae
Genus
Tetragonia

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New Zealand spinach: Neuseeland-Spinat ( Tetragonia tetragonioides ) - Blüte
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Common names

By language (23)
Arabic
ترغون
arz
تتراجونيا تيتراجونويدس
bar
Neuseeländischer Spinat
Catalan
Espinac de Nova Zelanda
Chinese
新西兰菠菜, 番杏, 毛菠菜, 法国菠菜
Czech
Čtyřboč rozložitá
English
New Zealand spinach
Esperanto
Ordinara tetragonio, Kokiho, Novzelanda spinaco
Estonian
Uus-Meremaa spinat
Finnish
Lamopinaatti, Vihanneslamopinaatti
Galician
Espinaca de Nova Zelandia
German
Neuseeländer Spinat
Hebrew
רבועה שרועה, תרד ניו זילנדי
Hungarian
Új-zélandi-spenót, Új-zélandi spenót, Új-zélandi-paraj
Indonesian
Kabak
Japanese
ツルナ
Korean
번행초
Malayalam
ടെട്രഗോണിയ ടെട്രഗോണിയോയിഡ്സ്
Norwegian Bokmål
Newzealandsk spinat
Polish
Trętwian czterorożny, Czteroróg rozłożysty, Szpinak nowozelandzki
Russian
Шпинат новозеландский
Swedish
Nyzeeländsk spenat
Welsh
Ysbigoglys Seland Newydd

Synonyms

  • Demidovia tetragonoides Pall.
  • Tetragonia borealis Batt. & Trab.
  • Tetragonia cornuta Gaertn.
  • Tetragonia expansa Murray
  • Tetragonia expansa var. cornuta (Gaertn.) Endl.
  • Tetragonia halimifolia G.Forst.
  • Tetragonia inermis F.Muell.
  • Tetragonia japonica Thunb.
  • Tetragonia purpurea Otto ex Sweet
  • Tetragonia quadricornis Stokes
  • Tetragonia striata Larrañaga
  • Tetragonia trigyna Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f.
  • Tetragonia trigyna Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f.

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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). About our plant data.