Basella alba is a perennial climber with great medicinal potential. The plant is widely used as a green leafy vegetable. There are two forms which are distributed throughout the Southern Asian sub-continent. These forms differ in stem colour, one is green and the other has reddish purple coloured stem. Different workers have different opinions in related with the taxonomy of the Basella alba. Some mentioned these two as single species, some as separate species while some have mentioned as the different varieties or cultivars. Henceforth morphological, anatomical, palynological, stomatographic and seed surface studies were undertaken to overcome the taxonomical conflicts. The results supports the opinion as per the IPNI, that both these belongs to the same species, i.e., alba. Further molecular studies will elucidate the taxonomical conflicts within the Basella.

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解决Basella alba L.中的分类学冲突的尝试。

Basella alba是多年生攀援者，具有巨大的药用潜力。该植物被广泛用作绿叶蔬菜。有两种形式分布在整个南亚次大陆上。这些形式的茎颜色不同，一种是绿色，另一种是红紫色茎。不同的工人对Basella alba的分类有不同的看法。一些人提到这两个是单一物种，一些人说是单独的物种，而有些人提到这是不同的品种或品种。此后，进行了形态学，解剖学，孢粉学，口腔医学和种子表面研究，以克服分类学上的冲突。结果支持根据IPNI的观点，即它们都属于同一物种，即白。进一步的分子研究将阐明Basella内部的分类学冲突。