potaki :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Genus: Basella
Species: Basella rubra

Allied species:

The synonyms of species are B. rubra and B. cordifolia.

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: potaki, potaka, matsya, kali, sutungika, putika, vashalakkirai, shivappu, vashalakkirai
English: Indian spinach
Hindi: phooi
Telugu: bacchali
Bengali: pui shak
Marathi: mayalu
Oriya: poi saaga
Gujarathi: poi ni bhaji
Tamil: vaslakkirai , Basalakkirai or Kodip Pasali
Malayalam: vashala cheera
Kannada: basale soppu
Sindhi: Basalakkirai or Kodip Pasali
Assamese: - Boga puroi, পূৰৈ Puroi, পূৰৈ শাক Puroi sak.
Japanese: Mong Toi in Vietnam, Tsuru Murasa Kai
Chinese: Saan Choy / Shan Tsoi or Lo Kwai / Luo Kai
Sinhalese: vel niviti

Varities:

There are three common types of alugbati: Basella alba with green stem and oval to almost round leaves; Basella rubra with red stems and green, oval to round leaves; and a third type, which is a hybrid of the two. The Institute of Plant Breeding of the University of the Philippines Los Banos (IPB-UPLB) has released two stopgap varieties in 1981 through its Germplasm Registration and Release Office: the red-stemmed ‘Pulahan’ and the green-stemmed ‘Luntian.

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