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Tree Spinach

Chenopodium formosanum

Also called Tree Spinnach, Magentaspreen

Tree Spinach
Photo: 陳家逸, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)

About

Chenopodium formosanum is a Chenopodium species endemic to Taiwan. It was a key component of the diets of Taiwanese indigenous peoples and remains culturally and culinarily significant.

Other Chenopodium plants

Fat-hen · Pinyon goosefoot · Golden Goosefoot · Coastal Saltbush · Chenopodium benthamii · Pitseed goosefoot · Seaberry Saltbush · Cottony Saltbush · Sandhill goosefoot · Frosted Goosefoot · Aridland goosefoot · New Zealand fish-guts plant

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chenopodium formosanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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