Basella alba Pasalai Vasalacheera pacha

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Basella alba

Scientific Name and Description

Basella rubra L.

Herb Family

Basellaceae

Plant type

Climber

Plant Synonyms

Basella alba L. var. rubra (L.) STEWART
Basella rubra L.
Basella lucida L.
Basella japonica Burm.f.
Basella cordifolia Lam.
Basella nigra Lour.
Basella crassifolia Salisb.
Basella volubilis Salisb.
Basella ramosa J.Jacq. ex Spreng.
Gandola nigra (Lour.) Raf.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English	ceylon or indian spinach, ceylon spinach, indian spinach, malabar nightshade, malabar spinach
Hindi	poi, Mechakurant, Poi
Kannada	baayi basale, basale
Malayalam	basella, pachala, vasalaccira
Marathi	maayaalachivel, mayalachivel, mayalu,velbondi, vhali, vhalichi-bhaji, wahlea, Loncha
Sanskrit	apoedika, malava, potaki, putika, upodaka, upodaki, upodika, Bhuchukra
Tamil	atipatati, atipatatikkoti, ayinalikam, ayinilikakkoti, cekkai, cekkaippacalikkoti, cempacalai, cempacalai, cempucattumuli, cevappuppacalai, ciappukkatippacalaik koti, civappanapacalai, civappukkati, civappukkotippacalai, kodip-pasalai-kkirai, kotippacalai, kotippacalai-k-kirai, pacalai, pacalai, pachalai, paslakkirai, perumpacalai, perumpacalaikkirai, perumpaciri, potakam, potaki , potakikkoti, putikam, vaslakire, Basellai keerai
Telugu	bachali, bachchali-kura, karubachali, pedda bachali
Common Names	Malabar spinach , Indian spinach

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Folk

Herb usable parts

Leaves

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Basella alba L. Climber Leaves To decrease the hip pain during child birth; body heat; tonic; post-labor tonic; Constipation; particularly in children and pregnant women and in urinary disorders; mouth ulcers; vegetable; piles; eye infections; skin boils; oral health care General; pregnant women Bhat et al. 2014, Dansi et al. 2008, Hebbar et al. 2004, Srithi et al. 2009