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Water spinach

Ipomoea aquatica
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species: I. aquatica
Binomial name
Ipomoea aquatica
Forssk.
Water spinach, raw
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 79 kJ (19 kcal)
3.14 g
Dietary fiber 2.1 g
0.2 g
2.6 g
Vitamins
Vitamin A equiv.
(39%)
315 μg
Thiamine (B1)
(3%)
0.03 mg
Riboflavin (B2)
(8%)
0.1 mg
Niacin (B3)
(6%)
0.9 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)
(3%)
0.141 mg
Vitamin B6
(7%)
0.096 mg
Folate (B9)
(14%)
57 μg
Vitamin C
(66%)
55 mg
Minerals
Calcium
(8%)
77 mg
Iron
(13%)
1.67 mg
Magnesium
(20%)
71 mg
Manganese
(8%)
0.16 mg
Phosphorus
(6%)
39 mg
Potassium
(7%)
312 mg
Sodium
(8%)
113 mg
Zinc
(2%)
0.18 mg

Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrient Database

Ipomoea aquatica is a semiaquatic, tropical plant grown as a vegetable for its tender shoots and leaves. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, although it is not known where it originated. This plant is known in English as water spinach, river spinach,water morning glory, water convolvulus, or by the more ambiguous names Chinese spinach, Chinese Watercress, Chinese convolvulus, swamp cabbage or kangkong in Southeast Asia. Occasionally, it has also been mistakenly called "kale" in English, although kale is a strain of mustard belonging to the species Brassica oleracea and is completely unrelated to water spinach, which is a species of morning glory. It is known as phak bung in Thai and Laotian, eng chai in Teochew and Hokkien, ong choy (蕹菜) in Cantonese, kongxincai (空心菜) in Mandarin Chinese, rau muống in Vietnamese, kangkong in Tagalog, kangkung in Indonesian and Malay, gazun (ကန်စွန်း) in Myanmar, trokuon (ត្រកួន) in Khmer, kolmou xak in Assamese, kalmi saag in Hindi, kalmi shak in Bengali, Thooti Koora in Telugu, "Kalama Saga" in Odia, hayoyo in Ghana. In Suriname (South-America) it's known as dagoeblad or dagublad.


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