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Water spinach or kangkung
Ipomoea aquatica
About
Ipomoea aquatica, commonly known as water spinach or kangkung, is a semi-aquatic, tropical plant grown as a vegetable for its tender shoots. I. aquatica is generally believed to have been first domesticated in Southeast Asia. It is widely cultivated in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and South Asia. It grows abundantly near waterways and requires little to no care.
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ipomoea aquatica
- Slug
- ipomoea-aquatica
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Species
- aquatica
- Wikidata QID
- Q272754
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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