✿Basellaceae · Basella
Poi / Indian Spinach
Basella alba
Also known as Malabar Spinach
ClimberoutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Basella alba
- Genus
- Basella
- Family
- Basellaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Native to
- Tropical Asia, Africa
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia, Africa often Cultivated
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Assam, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Delhi, Nagaland, Odisha
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Poi पोई,पोई poi
- Bengali
- Pui Shaak, পুঁই শাক
- Tamil
- Vasalakkirai, பசளி
- Telugu
- బచ్చలి కూర
- Kannada
- ಬಸಲೆ, ಬಸಳೆ Basale, ಪೋತಕಿ Potaki, ಬಸಳೆ ಸೊಪ್ಪು
- Malayalam
- Vasalaccira, വള്ളിച്ചീര, Basella alba
- Marathi
- Velbendi, मायाळू
- Sinhala
- නිවිති
About Poi
Indian spinach (Basella alba) is a climber in the Basellaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 18 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten and a source of dye or tannin.
Botanical family
Basellaceae
Basella Family
Poi belongs to the Basellaceae family.
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