Redleaf Green spinach |
Spinach originating from tropical America and is easy to grow in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. Spinach was originally known as ornamental plants. In a further development, spinach promoted as food sources of protein, especially for developing countries.
In tropical countries, spinach can be grown throughout the year and found 5-2000 m asl, growing in hot and cold, but it grows in lowland thrives on open land where the air is somewhat hot.
Spinach is an one year herbaceous plants, stem height of 0.4 - 1 mtr and branched, the stem is weak and watery, leaf-stemmed, oval, limp, 5-8 cm long, tip blunt, base tapering, and red.
Spinach, including members of the Amaranthaceae family. Known as Amaranthus spp. Amaranth in Greek means everlasting (eternal).