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What is kangkong used for?
Kangkong Traditional Medicinal Uses Kangkong buds, used as poultice to treat skin diseases such as ringworm, athletes foot etc, Kangkong is used to promote vomiting in poisoning. Kangkong juice mixed with water are used as cold compress to treat fever. Juice from boiled kangkong is used to loosen constipation.
Is kangkung a spinach?
Kangkung – also known as water spinach, morning glory and Chinese spinach – is widely eaten in Malaysia, and is cooked as a stir-fry with a little garlic or chilli paste. But it’s cheap, grows wild alongside streams, paddy fields and drains, and is not considered a staple.
Is spinach and kangkong the same?
Spinach has rounder-shaped leaves. Kangkong, also known as swamp spinach, have leaves that look like arrows. The leaves slightly flare from the pointed tips of the leaves towards the stem where it curls almost around the part where the stem meets the leaf, creating a narrow arrow shape.
What is the common name of Ipomoea Aquatica?
swamp morning-glory
(swamp morning-glory)
Is kangkong poisonous?
Killer Kangkung! In humans and pigs, the cysts release the fluke that anchors itself to the wall of the intestine and causes indigestion, allergic reactions and abdominal pain. It’s a total gross-out and untreated cases can be fatal, so please fry or boil that kangkung good and proper before serving it.
What’s the English of kangkong?
This plant is known in English as water spinach, river spinach, water morning glory, water convolvulus, or by the more ambiguous names Chinese spinach, Chinese watercress, Chinese convolvulus or swamp cabbage, or kangkong/kangkung in Southeast Asia and ong choy in Cantonese.
Can I eat kangkong raw?
Kang kong has a mild flavour and can be used raw in salads as well as lightly cooked. In many parts of Asia it is eaten stir fried with chilli, garlic or a savoury paste. When preparing, it is best to strip the leaves from the stems and slice the stems diagonally.
What is kangkung called in English?
water spinach
This plant is known in English as water spinach, river spinach, water morning glory, water convolvulus, or by the more ambiguous names Chinese spinach, Chinese watercress, Chinese convolvulus or swamp cabbage, or kangkong/kangkung in Southeast Asia and ong choy in Cantonese.
What is kangkong in Arabic?
ما هو السبانخ باللغة العربية
What is okra called in English?
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) are known in many English-speaking countries as lady’s fingers or gumbo) is a flowering plant in the mallow family, related to cotton and hibiscus. It is valued for its edible green seed pods.