Basella alba L.

English: Ceylon Spinach, Malabar Spinach

German: Malabarspinat

Mandarin: 落葵 (luo kui)

Portuguese: Bertália

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Caryophyllales (114)

        Family: Basellaceae (2)(family description)

          Genus: Basella (1)

            Epithet: alba L. (6)

Synonym: Basella japonica Burm.f.

alba => white

japonica => from Japan

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: pink, white

Check for Basella alba at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [196] Basella alba - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [472] Basella alba - Plants For A Future database
• [1548] Basella alba - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.