Kangkung or water spinach? / myLot

@nawala123 (20871)

Indonesia

June 10, 2020 10:21pm CST

Water spinach is one of the favorites of Indonesian vegetable. There are wild water spinach in lake or river, but now farmer also grow them too. Water spinach is easily available in markets. Water spinach is widely found in Asia and is a plant that can be found almost everywhere.

In Malaysia nad Indonesia, we call it "kangkung".

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LowRiderX

@LowRiderX (22901)

• Serbia

12 Jun 20

I love spinach but I haven't tried this type, it's not available here

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

12 Jun 20

Even starfish is not fish

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

12 Jun 20

@LowRiderX i mean it is not spinach at all

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LowRiderX

@LowRiderX (22901)

• Serbia

12 Jun 20

@nawala123 Sorry but I'm not sure what did you mean by that?

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HannahKusKus

@HannahKusKus (4025)

• Semarang, Indonesia

11 Jun 20

Some people said... it can make you feel sleepy faster...

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

12 Jun 20

Just issue spread by unresponsible people

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HannahKusKus

@HannahKusKus (4025)

• Semarang, Indonesia

12 Jun 20

@nawala123 hahaha

. Maybe it spread by those who dislike its vegetable

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

12 Jun 20

@HannahKusKus big hoax. they wont eat vegiies

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Alex Socorro

@Alexandoy (65302)

• Cainta, Philippines

11 Jun 20

Kangkong is a common vegetable here that is always available in the market.

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

11 Jun 20

wow, we have the same term for it

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Alex Socorro

@Alexandoy (65302)

• Cainta, Philippines

11 Jun 20

@nawala123 yes, almost the same name.

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

11 Jun 20

@Alexandoy legacy from our ancestor

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (382240)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Jun 20

I don't know this vegetable at all. It's good that it is readily available.

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

11 Jun 20

it is tropical

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paigea

@paigea (36143)

• Canada

11 Jun 20

Interesting. If we have it here, it is called something else.

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paigea

@paigea (36143)

• Canada

11 Jun 20

@nawala123 I don't know if we have it. I would have to look at an Asian grocery store.

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

11 Jun 20

what do you call it?

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

11 Jun 20

@paigea i ever heard it is forbidden in US

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Thelma

@thelme55 (79324)

• Germany

11 Jun 20

We also called it Kangkong in the Philippines. I buy it here in our Asian shop in Germany. The rest lower part of the kangkong, I put in the vase with water and they grow well with just water. Later I harvested them and fried them

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Thelma

@thelme55 (79324)

• Germany

12 Jun 20

@nawala123 yes, I do.

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

12 Jun 20

Good job,reuse your kitchen scraps

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msdivkar

@msdivkar (23356)

• India

11 Jun 20

In our place wild water grown vegetables called as allu in marathi and colocasia in english is widely used to prepare vegetable dishes and snacks like allu wadi.

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nawala

@nawala123 (20871)

• Indonesia

11 Jun 20

we ofetn it kangkug dish too

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