Basella alba L.

PACIFIC TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN
PLANTS OF
Kauai, Hawaii
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Basel la al ba L.
Puhi Camp, west of Kauai Community College.
Vine, growing with Momordica on fence. Leaf
shiny above and below though somewhat dull-
er above. Sepals green. Buds white be-
coming pink at tip, shiny. Immature fruit
shiny green, becoming shiny purplish-black
at maturity. Cultivated. From yard of
abandoned homesite.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
T. Flynn & L. Hume #1649
4-IV-1986
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