- Source: Basella
The genus Basella is the type genus of the plant family Basellaceae. Basella contains five known species. Three species are endemic to Madagascar, and one is endemic to southeastern Africa. The fifth is widespread across Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and New Guinea.
The genus name is derived from the south Indian name Basale which Hendrik Rheede recorded in Malabar as Basella in his Hortus Malabaricus. The name was utilitized by Linnaeus.
Species
Basella alba L. - Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea; naturalized in Africa, southern China, Central America, and various oceanic islands
Basella excavata Scott-Elliot - Madagascar
Basella leandriana H.Perrier - Madagascar
Basella madagascariensis Boivin ex. H.Perrier - Madagascar
Basella paniculata Volkens - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Transvaal, Kwazulu-Natal
References
External links
Basella alba in BoDD – Botanical Dermatology Database
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Lembayung
- Lembayung malabar
- Anredera
- Lembayung (disambiguasi)
- Saag
- Gunung Malabar
- Basellaceae
- Bayam (disambiguasi)
- Daftar ngengat Taiwan
- Basella alba
- Basella
- Saag
- Basellaceae
- Tingena basella
- Nemophora basella
- Hainan
- Succulent plant
- Leaf vegetable
- Mucilage
