The correct botanical name is Basella alba var. rubra. The normal white-flowered plant is Basella alba. There is a red-flowered and red- stemmed variant of this plant, which you have photographed, called Basella alba var. rubra. It is commonly called Malabar Spinach. Is popular among Bengalis as Poi shaak. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Malabar%20Spinach.html - Tabish
On Oct 19, 4:16 pm, Chithra V <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, one more question are rubra and alba one and the same - somehow I > have been associating rubra with red and alba with white (wherever I have > come across these names) > Chithra --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
