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Malabar Spinach is a heat-loving plant, thrives in summer, easy to grow, disease and insects rarely happen; extremely frost-sensitive, It creeps when temperatures are cool, but leaps when the mercury hits 90 F. Its thick, semi-succulent, heart-shaped leaves have a mild flavor and mucilaginous texture. The Malabar Spinach is a common vegetable in tropical Africa and Southeast Asia, where it originated. The thick, dark green leaves of this edible ornamental provide tasty greens throughout the summer, when traditional spinach will not grow. A vigorous vine with edible greens, the young tender leaves can be used in fast stir fry or soup dishes. This variety of climbing Malabar spinach has large fleshy leaves and thick stems, in contrast to the red Malabar spinach. Easy to grow from seeds. Best grown on trellis, though is also attractive when grown along the ground.