English: Malabar spinach; Phooi leaf; Red vine spinach; Creeping spinach; Climbing spinach; Ceylon spinach; Indian spinach; Surinam spinach, Chinese spinach; Vietnamese- spinach; Buffalo spinach; Malabar nightshade; Broad bologi.
Names: Bengali: Pui shak; Oriya: Poi saaga; Konkani: Valchi bhaji; Kannada: Basale soppu; Telugu: Bachhali; Tamil: Kodip pasa; Tulu: Basale; Marathi: Mayalu; Portuguese: Bertalha; Filipino: Alugbati; Vietnamese: Mồng toi; Sinhalese: Vel Niviti; Sudu; Poi baagi, calaloo, alugbati.
Botany: perennial vine, tropical.
Use: vegetable.