Gynura procumbens

Gynura procumbens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Gynura
Species:	G. procumbens
Binomial name
Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr. 1923
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Cacalia cylindriflora Wall. Cacalia finlaysoniana Wall. Cacalia procumbens Lour. 1790 Cacalia reclinata Roxb. Cacalia sarmentosa Lesch. ex Blume Crassocephalum baoulense (Hutch. & Dalziel) Milne-Redh. Crassocephalum latifolium S.Moore Gynura affinis Turcz. Gynura agusanensis Elmer Gynura baoulensis Hutch. & Dalziel Gynura buntingii S.Moore Gynura cavaleriei Levl. Gynura clementis Merr. Gynura finlaysoniana DC. Gynura latifolia (S.Moore) Elmer Gynura lobbiana Turcz. Gynura piperi Merr. Gynura pubigera Bold. Gynura sarmentosa (Blume) DC. Gynura scabra Turcz. Senecio baoulensis A.Chev. Senecio mindoroensis Elmer

Gynura procumbens (Sabuñgai), sometimes called "longevity spinach," is an edible vine found in China, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Leaves are ovate-elliptic or lanceolate, 3.5 to 8 centimeters long, and 0.8 to 3.5 centimeters wide. Flowering heads are panicled, narrow, yellow, and 1 to 1.5 centimeters long.^[2][3] The plant grows wild but is also cultivated as a vegetable or medicinal plant. Its young leaves are used for cooking, such as with meat and prawns in a vegetable soup.^[4]

References

1. The Plant List, Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr.
2. Flora of China, Gynura procumbens (Loureiro) Merrill, 1923. 平卧菊三七 ping wo ju san qi
3. Merrill, Elmer Drew. 1923. Enumeration of Philippine Flowering Plants 3: 618
4. Tanaka, Yoshitaka; Van Ke, Nguyen (2007). Edible Wild Plants of Vietnam: The Bountiful Garden. Thailand: Orchid Press. p. 50. ISBN 9745240893.

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Mindanao in 1912
• IPNI Listing
• Philippine Medicinal Plants, Sabuñgai, Gynura procumbens (Lour.) Merr., LONGEVITY SPINACH Bai bing ca