Basella Alba

The native range of this species is Tropical Asia. It is a climbing subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as animal food and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for food.

Native to:
Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:
Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Belize, Benin, Brazil Southeast, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China Southeast, Christmas I., Colombia, Congo, Cook Is., Cuba, Czechia-Slovakia, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Ghana, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Leeward Is., Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Sudan-South Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Windward Is., Zambia