Basella Alba

Botanical Name:

Basella alba

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How to Grow
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Characteristics

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.

Taxonomy

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Basellaceae

Genus

Basella