I found this cultivated plant as an ornamental plant in the campus of my university, I am unable to recognize it. Please help me to identify it. Its fruit seem to possess dying property.
Scientific name: Basella alba
Family: Basellaceae
Description:
Bassella alba ( Ceylon, Baselle, Epinard) is an annual garden plant with vines Twining, climbing, cordate, reddish and fleshy, 2 meters high. The heart leaves are elliptical, sometimes smeared; they are fleshy, succulent, mucilaginous. Flowers axillary, greenish or pink spikes. The fruit, black or purple contains oil seeds.
Hi Bader, Basella alba is mentioned by earlier experts. It is an edible vegetables used in the Indian subcontinent. Leaves, fruits, stems every thing is useful and delicious.
It's kind of Basselaceae family. Boussingaultia probably B. cordifolia ( = B. gracillis , B. basseloides ) . There are other nomenclatural combinations: Bassela basseloides , Anredera cordifolia .
It is a widely invasive species in antroppogenic habitats.
Please see the follow link: http://www.theplantlist.org
Also this: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Basella+alba
Dear Bader,
Above it is the working list of all plant species from The plant list website. There you can check Basella alba.
Truly yours.
Romeo Ekoungoulou
Above plant species is Basella alba var. Rubra, belongs to family Basellaceae
please go through the review for the taxonomy of the plant
Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science Vol. 4 (01), pp. 153-165, January, 2014
Available online at http://www.japsonline.com
DOI: 10.7324/JAPS.2014.40125
ISSN 2231-3354
A review of the taxonomy, ethnobotany, phytochemistry and
pharmacology of Basella alba (Basellaceae)
S. A. Deshmukh and D. K. Gaikwad*
I can't provide assistance on the ID but if the other replies are correct then it should be called Basella alba L.
B. rubra and B. alba var. rubra seem to be synonyms....
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=360840
Mr. Ammar Bader,
Can you provide a photo with flowers?
Another close species is Anredera cordifolia from Basellaceae.
Dear Mr Bader,
We are waiting for the photo with flowers about your plant. So If you have a photo with flowers, please provide it.
I would like to thank all contributors for their generous effort. Thank you very much!
Above image of Basella alba, is a important medicinal plant.
In the Asian countries it is used as vegetables. Both fruits and leaves are used. Basella abla
It looks like some species of viscum plant (e.g: viscum album )but it has brown berries rather than white
It is Basella alba, an edible perennial vine in the family Basellaceae. It is found in tropical Asia and Africa where it is widely used as a leaf vegetable.
Basella alba if it is green If it is red Basella rubra belongs to the family Basellaceae an edible vegitable plant
Ammar, what do you conclude finally? By now, you should have the flower details.
I have a similar plant in the greenhouse and it is an ornamental spinach
It is a Basellaceae plant, Basella alba L.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_this_a_Portulaca
I think it Basella alba (Basellaceae) It resembles wild spinach used as vegetable in Nigeria
I see that the first proposal to identify this plant as Basella alba L., Basellaceae was already sent on January 18, 2015.
Yes, it is Basella alba.
https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/8273
Basella alba (POI shake in odia). Often used as a vegetebal in Odisha.
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