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kolmi shaak (কল্মি শাক)

Language: Bengali

Description: Chinese water spinach.


kolmi shaak
Water spinach with thanks to Cho Mee on Mill Road in Cambridge

Latin: Ipomoea aquatica/Ipomoea reptans
Ethnicity: Indian Subcontinent
Most frequent country: Bangladesh, India
Most frequent region: West Bengal
Better known as: swamp cabbage, water convolvulus
Also known as: kalmua, kangkung, karmi, katha sag, patua sag, swamp cabbage

See places: Bengali Food and Cuisine

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