• Scientific Name: Tetragonia tetragonoides (Pall.) Kuntze
• Ref: Revis. Gen. Pl. 1:264. 1891 (Tetragonia tetragoniodes)
• Synonyms:
  • Demidovia tetragonoides Pall.
  • Tetragonia borealis Batt. & Trab.
  • T. cornuta Gaertn.
  • T. expansa var. cornuta (Gaertn.) Endl.
  • T. halimifolia G.Forst.
  • T. inermis F.Muell.
  • T. japonica Thunb.
  • T. purpurea Otto ex Sweet
  • T. quadricornis Stokes
  • T. striata Larrañaga
• English Common Name: New Zealand spinach
• Chinese Common Name: 番杏 fānxìng, 法国菠菜 Fǎguó bōcài, 新西兰菠菜 Xīnxīlán bōcài
• Japanese Common Name: ツルナ [蔓菜] tsuruna, ハマヂシャ [浜萵苣] Hamajisha
• Family: Aizoaceae
• Genus: Tetragonia
• Distribution: Sandy shores, also cultivated. Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Africa, E Asia, Australia, South America].
• Photo: 09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang

Herbs annual, erect when young, becoming decumbent, 40-60 cm tall. Stems with densely placed bladder cells when young. Petiole 5-30 mm, thick; leaf blade rhomboid-ovate or deltoid-ovate, 0.4-10 × 2.5-8 cm. Pedicel to 2 mm. Flowers 1-3. Perigone tube 2-3 mm; lobes mostly 4, inside bright yellow to yellowish green. Stamens 10-13. Fruit turbinate, ca. 5 mm, 4- or 5-corniculate. Seeds as many as locules. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 16* (Flora of China)

09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang