Latin name | Basella rubra L. | Family | Basellaceae | Identified with (Skt) | upodikā | Identified with (Hin) | poy, lālbācul | Identified with (Tam) | vacaḷakkīrai, civappu vacaḷakkīrai | Identified with (Mal) | vaśaḷaccīra, baśaḷaccīra | Identified with (Eng) | Indian spinach | Botanical info | A perennial succulent glabrous twining herb with white or red branches, growing all over India, thick broadly ovate leaves, flowers white or red in spikes, globose fruits red, white or black | Search occurrence | upodikā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | See plant's image | Basella rubra L. in Google image search | Encyclopedias & Dictionaries |
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