Spinach Red Malabar

Malabar Spinach is a vining type of plant that thrives in hot temperatures, a boon for those of us that love our greens but find summer too hot for good growth coping when the heat exceeds 32°C. It has soft red stems, succulent green/red leaves and small ornamental purple berries. 

This fast growing vining type plant produces best when trellised. It can even be grown up the same trellis as peas, truly utilising the garden space. Grown as an ornamental edible, the vines can be trained to climb over archways or doorways.

Easy to grow, versatile in the kitchen, and delicious to eat. The succulent leaves and stem tips are rich in vitamins A and C and are a good source of iron and calcium.

Using Malabar Spinach is just like using regular spinach. Eaten raw in salads, Malabar spinach leaves are juicy and crisp, the flavours of citrus and pepper accompany the succulent leaves. They are delicious mixed in with other greens in tossed salads.

If you enjoy Spinach, Kale or Swiss chard, Malabar Spinach will be a revelation. When cooked it holds up better than regular spinach and doesn’t wilt as rapidly. It looks and tastes much like spinach but with a less bitter flavour due to its lower levels of oxalic acid

The plants grow very quickly in warmer climates and can be used as an attractive screening plant.

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