Indian Spinach

Indian Spinach

Scientific name: Basella alba L.

Bangla/local name: ‘Puishak’

 

Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist (1981)

KingdomPlantae
DivisionMagnoliophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCaryophyllalase

 

FamilyBasellaceae

 

GenusBasella
SpeciesB. alba

 

 

Botanical Description of Indian Spinach

Habit: Perennial fleshy twining herb

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Root: Tap root

Stem: Much branched fleshy twiner

Leaf: Simple, fleshy, petiolate, alternate

 

Inflorescence: Raceme or spike on a long peduncle

Flower: Actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, regular, Carpel 3, syncarpous, ovary superior.

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Fruit: Berry

Table 1.:  Indian spinach varieties developed by HRC, BARI

Serial NumberName of varietyReleased byYear of ReleasePlanting timeYield

(t/ha)

1BARI Puisak-1HRC, BARI1999Year round50-75
2BARI Puisak-2HRC, BARI2006Kharif season50-75

 

Economic Importance

Used as vegetable

 

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