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Also known as:

English : water convolvulus, swamp cabbage
Japanese : kankon, you-sai
Cantonese : ong tsoi, weng cai
Mandarin : toongsin tsai
Filipino, Malaysian : kang kong
Vietnamese : kang kung, rau muong
Thai : pak bung
Portuguese : batata acquatica, cancon

Water Spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) is a member of the Convolvulaceae (Morning glory) family and the same genus as the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world; it is not known exactly where it originated. Water spinach is an important leafy vegetable throughout tropical Asia.

Water spinach is an herbaceous aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial plant of the tropics and subtropics. It has a creeping growth habit but may grow erect in water. The leaves and young shoots have a mild, slightly nutty flavor. Almost all parts of the young plant tissue are edible, but the tender shoot tips and younger leaves are preferred.

Ipomoea aquatica grows in water or on moist soil. Its stems are 2–3 metres (7–10 ft) or more long, rooting at the nodes, and they are hollow and can float. The leaves vary from typically sagittate (arrow-head-shaped) to lanceolate, 5–15 centimetres (2–6 in) long and 2–8 centimetres (0.8–3 in) broad. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 3–5 centimetres (1–2 in) diameter, usually white in colour with a mauve centre.
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