Fruits & Vegetables: Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima the beet leaf (so called spinach)
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Gurcharan Singh
Jan 9, 2011, 7:45:29 AM1/9/11
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Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima (syn: Beta bengalensis), the beet leaf often sold and consumed as spinach in tropics, and less commonly in cold climates. Real Spinach Spinacea oleracea is a much different plant with distinctly hastate leaves.
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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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tanay bose
Jan 9, 2011, 10:25:23 AM1/9/11
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Nice one , very few people are aware of the plant above the beet mostly they are
common with the root
Tanay
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Tanay Bose
Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
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Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
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Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
3529-6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)
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