water spinach

English

water spinach or water morning glory, Ipomoea aquatica

water spinach or Chinese amaranth, Amaranthus tricolor

Noun

water spinach (uncountable)

Ipomoea aquatica, a green leafy vegetable used as a food in several cuisines of East and Southeast Asia
Amaranthus dubius, often bearing red or purple marks
Amaranthus tricolor, edible amaranth
Basella alba, Malabar spinach, with thick, succulent, heart-shaped leaves

Synonyms

(Ipomoema aquatica): river spinach, water morning glory, water convolvulus, Chinese spinach, Chinese watercress, Chinese convolvulus, swamp cabbage, kangkong, ong choy, on choy
(Amaranthus dubius): red spinach, rau den, spleen amaranth
(Amaranthus tricolor): Joseph's coat, Chinese amaranth

Translations

Ipomoema aquatica

Chinese:
Cantonese: 蕹菜 (ung³ coi³), 通菜 (tung¹ coi³)

Mandarin: 空心菜 (zh) (kōngxīncài)
Finnish: pinaattielämänlanka
Ilocano: balangeg

Indonesian: kangkung (id)
Santali: ᱠᱷᱚᱲᱚᱝ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ (khôṛôṅ aṛak’), ᱠᱟᱹᱬᱫᱤ ᱟᱲᱟᱜ (kăṇdi aṛak’)
Tagalog: kangkong
Vietnamese: rau muống (vi)

References

Ipomoea aquatica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ipomoea aquatica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ipomoea aquatica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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