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 Latin nameBasella rubra L.
 FamilyBasellaceae
 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 infoA 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 occurrenceupodikā, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageBasella rubra L. in Google image search
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