Flower of the Day : Flowers of Basella rubra

This post is in response to :

Cee Neuner’s challenge Flower of the Day (FOTD) December 18.

(If you want to participate click on any link to know more)

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Flowers of Basella rubra

These are the flowers of Basella Alba which is also known as Red vine spinach.

Known as Pui saag /Xak in Assamese language.

The plant is highly nutritious and has a large variety of vitamins and minerals.

This variety in picture has red stems, another variety found has green stems.

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Thank you for visiting and have a great day ahead!

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Sanah @

http://www.apausefornature.wordpress.com