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Summary
Also known as Sissoo spinach, Brazilian spinach or Alternanthera sissoo, is commonly known as ground cover due to its fast-growing characteristic. Its leaves are edible, usually cooked by steaming or boiling and eaten as spinach. It grows about 30 cm high, prefers 50% or more shade, and can tolerate a wide range of pH soil conditions. Cultivation is through stem cuttings by simple layering. Other common name is Sambu or Samba lettuce.
Physical Characteristics
Alternanthera sissoo is an evergreen Perennial growing to 0.4 m (1ft 4in) by 0.4 m (1ft 4in) at a fast rate.
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 10.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in full shade (deep woodland) semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
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Synonyms
None Known
Plant Habitats
Edible Uses
Edible Parts: Leaves Shoots
Edible Uses:
Leaves - cooked and used as a spinach[ 298 ]. The shoots are harvested when 15 - 25cm long - frequent harvesting stimulates new growth and increases overall yields[ 298 ].
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Medicinal Uses
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None known
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Other Uses
Other uses rating: Good (3/5). Agroforestry Uses: A fast-growing, weed-excluding ground cover plant. Barrier.
Special Uses
Food Forest Ground Cover
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Cultivation details
Plants can thrive in 50% or more shade. Prefers a well-drained soil with a high organic content[ 298 ]. A fast-growing, spreading plant, but it does not produce seed and is not considered to be invasive. The plant can suffer severe insect damage to the leaves in some areas[ 298 ].
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Plant Propagation
Seed is not produced. Cuttings - very easy.
Other Names
If available other names are mentioned here
Brazilian Spinach, Sambu, Samba lettuce,
Alternanthera sissoo.
Native Range
TEMPERATE ASIA: an island in Indonesia), Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Indonesia), Iran, Iraq, Japan), Japan), Jawa (Java, Laccadive Islands, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia), Maluku (Moluccas, Myanmar (Burma), Nansei-shoto (Ryukyu Islands, Nepal, New Guinea, Ogasawara-shoto (Bonin Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen,Andaman Islands. NORTHERN AMERICA: Belize, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, SOUTHERN AMERICA: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, AUSTRALASIA: New South Wales (Australia), Northern Territory (Australia), Solomon Islands, Western Australia
Weed Potential
Right plant wrong place. We are currently updating this section.
Please note that a plant may be invasive in one area but may not in your area so it’s worth checking.
None Known
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status : This taxon has not yet been assessed.
Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.
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A special thanks to Ken Fern for some of the information used on this page.
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