Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Annual, Herbaceous Perennial, Perennial, Vegetable, Vine, Glabrous annual or shortly lived perennial, succulent tangled twiner; stems much branched, 2–10 m. long, sometimes almost leafless, greenish or reddish.
Lifespan
Annual, Perennial
Flower
The flower is inconspicuous. White, pink, or red blossoms in short spikes and are located in the leaf axils., Flowers white, rose or purplish, (3–)4–5 mm. long, in long-peduncled spikes, 2.5–15(–25) cm. long, usually unbranched (in African specimens at least) but branched in some cultivated forms.
Fruit
The fruits are round and soft, and can be red, white, or black in color. The seeds are round and black., Fruits ± 0.5 cm. in diameter (4–7 × 5–10 mm. according to van Steenis), red, white or black; surface crinkly in the dry state.
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Basellaceae
Genus
Basella
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