new zealand spinach

Very popular in Australia, but spread worldwide. Wild spinach-type plant that’s actually served in fancy restaurants. Thick, triangularshaped leaves covered top and bottom in what appears to be tiny crystals or drops of water. Yellow flowers, small hard horny fruit pod. Used just like spinach, also contains oxalates.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

New Zealand Spinach

(Tetragonia tetragonoides, formerly T. expansa), a vegetable of the Aizoaceae family. It is raised as an annual crop for its fleshy leaves, which are rich in vitamin C.

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Wolff, Tetragonia crystallina y Vicia lomensis J.F.

Interpretacion fitosociologica de la vegetacion de las lomas del desierto peruano

1 Tetragonia tetragonoides Aizoaceae Shonta (Pall.) Kuntze 2 Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f.

A survey on the use of medicinal plants by folk medicinal practitioners in five villages of Boalia sub-district, Rajshahi district, Bangladesh

The effect of the ammonium: nitrate nitrogen ratio, total nitrogen, salinity (NaCl) and calcium on the oxalate levels of Tetragonia tetragonioides Pallas.

Effect of nitrogen fertilization on oxalate content in Rhodesgrass, Guineagrass and Sudangrass

1972 Si Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) 1987 Si Kuntze Amaranthaceae Amaranthus albus L.

Flora exotica de Galicia (noroeste iberico)

For example, crops such as spinach, beets, chard, tetragonia, blite, quinoa and orache all belong to the goosefoot family, Chenopodiaceae.

Botanical Latin for the plebeian reader

Other colonists were Bower Spinach Tetragonia implexicoma, Cape Weed Cryptostemma calendula, Sow Thistle Sonchus sp., a nightshade Solanum sp.

Birds of Seal Rocks in northern Bass Strait over 40 years (1965-2005)

Growth stage modulates salinity tolerance of New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides Pall.) and Red Orach (Atriplex hortensis L.).

Potential of Foliar Applied Thiourea in Improving Salt and High Temperature Tolerance of Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

You'll find the seed catalogs featuring claytonia, mustards, arugula, corn salad, cresses, endive, orach, putslane, raddicio, tetragonia, sorrel, a dozen Oriental leaf veggies, and more leaf-type and loose-head lettuces than you thought existed.

Niche gardening: identify and precision-plant the microclimates of your land

Before there were bolt-resistant varieties, many gardeners grew a spinach substitute called tetragonia or New Zealand spinach.

Successful second cropping