Spinacia oleracea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Spinacia
- Species
- Spinacia oleracea
- Scientific Name
- Spinacia oleracea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Spinach
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) is a leafy green flowering plant native to Central and Western Asia. It is of the order Caryophyllales, family Amaranthaceae, subfamily Chenopodioideae. Its leaves are a common vegetable consumed either fresh, cooked or after storage (using preservation techniques like canning, freezing, or dehydration). The taste differs considerably between cooked and raw: the high oxalate content may be reduced by steaming.
It is an annual plant (rarely biennial), growing as tall as 30 cm (1 ft). Spinach may overwinter in temperate regions. The leaves are alternate, simple, ovate to triangular, and very variable in size: 2–30 cm (1–12 in) long and 1–15 cm (1⁄2–6 in) broad, with larger leaves at the base of the plant and small leaves higher on the flowering stem. The flowers are inconspicuous, yellow-green, 3–4 mm (1⁄8–5⁄32 in) in diameter, and mature into a small, hard, dry, lumpy fruit cluster 5–10 mm (1⁄4–3⁄8 in) across containing several seeds.
In 2022, world production of spinach was 33 million tonnes, with China alone accounting for 93% of the total.
...Spinacia oleracea in languages:
- Arabic
- سبانخ
- Arabic
- إِسفاناخ
- Chinese
- 菠菜
- Czech
- špenát setý
- Dutch
- Spinazie
- English
- Spinach
- Esperanto
- Spinaco
- Finnish
- ruokapinaatti
- French
- Épinard
- German
- Spinat
- Hungarian
- Spenót
- Hungarian
- kerti spenót
- Italian
- spinacio
- Japanese
- ホウレンソウ
- Korean
- 시금치
- Polish
- Szpinak warzywny
- Portuguese
- Espinafre
- Russian
- Шпинат огородный
- Swedish
- spenat
- Thai
- ปวยเล้ง
- Turkish
- ıspanak
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