Ipomoea aquatica
John Grimshaw (Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:18:19 PST)
I've had the leaves of Ipomoea italica in the Philippines, where it is
cooked rather like spinach. It grows in ponds with long floating stems on
the surface, though I expect that it would form a bushy plant if out of
water or the pond dried up. In East Africa the leaves of sweet potato, I.
batatas, are eaten in the same way.
John Grimshaw
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@starpower.net>
To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Oxalis aquatica; maybe not, but consider these
Mary Sue asked about, among others,
Ipomoea aquatica and Nymphoides aquaticum (note that in the older
literature
the genus was sometimes treated as neuter, thus Nymphoides aquaticum -
something to keep in mind if you're doing a Google search).
Ipomoea aquatica is a widely grown vegetable, now marketed here in the US
primarily in Asian markets. It's sometimes called "water spinach".
Nymphoides aquatica is a common pond plant in the eastern US and maybe
elsewhere. It's the "banana plant" of the aquarium trade. These are
gentian
family plants with flowers a bit like those of Menyanthes.
Jim McKenney
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where it may reach 65
degrees
F today.
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