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It has small heads of white flowers in the leaf -axils; the 

 leaf -form is variable. The younger parts of the plant may 



Figure 36. — Alternanthera sessiUs. 



be cooked and eaten as greens. Local names: Daun-rusa, 

 daun-tolod, keremak, tolod, letah-hdyam, honga-honga, 

 vao-sosolo. 



h. Ceylon spinach (Basella rubra). — This fleshy, twining 



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