This leafy vegetable tastes better than Malabar spinach, stays highly productive even without sun, and can grow several meters in a year

Madeira vine, also called heartleaf madeiravine, is a perennial climbing plant, especially common in the south. It is very easy to grow and grows extremely fast, making it a plant that looks good in the living room and works in the kitchen. Most of the time its leaves are emerald green, and it also blooms small white flowers, with especially vigorous vitality. Madeira vine has very few pests and diseases, and its leaves are edible too, slippery like Malabar spinach, rich in vitamin A and C, with the effects of nourishing the body, strengthening the waist and knees, dissipating phlegm, promoting blood circulation and protecting the liver. It is a green health vegetable. In many places people do not know it can be eaten, and the leaves are used to feed pigs, which grow quite sturdy.

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Madeira vine"

The leaves and bulbils of Madeira vine can both be eaten. Besides being relatively high in vitamins, it is also high in iron, with about 2 mg of iron per 100 grams of leaves. The leaves are used in cold dressed dishes, or stir-fried with minced garlic, and both are very fragrant.

It can also be made into egg and leaf soup

It is also good for feeding pigeons, rabbits, and chickens.

-Madeira vine care-

Madeira vine likes a warm, humid environment and is very tolerant of drought and moisture. It can adapt to ordinary soil, with well-aerated sandy loam being most suitable.

The suitable growing temperature is 17-25°C. Growth is slower at high temperatures above 35°C, and appropriate shading is better. In winter it can tolerate low temperatures above 0°C, but frost will damage it. However, as long as the underground tubers or bulbils are not frost-damaged, new plants will grow again the next year.

Generally it grows very well when planted in places with sufficient water. For routine watering, let the soil dry and then water until moist. Madeira vine has very low light requirements, and it can generally grow well in shaded spots, such as a north-facing balcony.

-Madeira vine propagation-

Propagating Madeira vine is very simple. It can be done by cuttings or by bulbils. The easiest way is to find some bulbils and bury them directly in the potting soil, and the survival rate is very high. You can bury several at once, and later when they grow they can produce their own bulbils, which can then be buried in the soil, and after that there will be so many that you will not want to plant them anymore.

In warm climates, it grows into a large patch at a time.

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then plant some on your balcony

because it is really too easy!

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