name: Malabar Spinach

flavor_db_name_variants: malabar spinach

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Malabar spinach

id: 404

name_scientific: Basella alba

description: Basella alba, or Malabar spinach, Malabar nightshade, Alugbati or Alabati in Philippines, (also Phooi leaf, Red vine spinach, Creeping spinach, Climbing spinach, Indian spinach, Philippine Spinach, Asian Spinach) is a perennial vine found in the tropics where it is widely used as a leaf vegetable.

itis_id: 192210

wikipedia_id: Basella alba

picture_file_name: 409.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 48033

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:39:56.000Z

legacy_id: 436

food_group: Vegetables

food_subgroup: Leaf vegetables

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:40.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:24.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 3589

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00404