Surajit: this is ceylon spinach I have had it growing in a port and from there out into the lawn, it self seeds like crazy.
Beautiful ddep pink to outright magenta flowers are very attractive. Leaves have a sourish taste, and I think it has oxalates, so folks with kidney trouble or blood vessel problem which includes most indians past 40 or 45 (atherosclerosis in any form) should not eat a whole bunch of it or any oxalate crystals containing veggies) flowers of india site has a page: Ceylon spinach on foi<http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ceylon%20Spinach.html> <http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ceylon%20Spinach.html> Daves gaden site ceylon sphinach is lumped with suriname and/ or phillipines spinach here <http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/137492/> has lumped this one and other similar "spinaches" but look closely and you'll see that the leaves and the flowers look different. . A few years ago all herbal nurseries carried this ... I dont see it anymore. Not very popular I guess. Usha di On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:18 AM, surajit koley <[email protected] > wrote: > Sir, > > The owner of this herb claims it is edible and she collected it from Puri, > a few years ago. Two or three of this herb is now growing wild in front of > her home-yard. > > Species : UNKNOWN > H & H : about 1 ft high, edible as vegetable > Date : 6/1/13 > Plcae : Hooghly > > Thank you, > > Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
