Kangkung ( Ipomoea aquatica )


Kangkung ( Ipomoea aquatica )
Kangkung ( Ipomoea aquatica )

Kangkung also known as Ipomoea aquatica is a semiaquatic, tropical plant grown as a vegetable for its tender shoots and leaves.


Kangkung ( Ipomoea aquatica )
 Kangkung ( Ipomoea aquatica )

 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 convolvulus, swamp cabbage or kangkong in Southeast Asia. 

Kangkung ( Ipomoea aquatica )
Kangkung ( Ipomoea aquatica )

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, rau muống in Vietnamese, kangkong in Tagalog, trokuon in Khmer, 'kolmou xak' in Assam, kalmi shak in Bengali, kangkung in Indonesian and Malay and hayoyo in Ghana.
Sources By: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_aquatica


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