Vegetable
Water Spinach
About This Entry
Water spinach is a hollow-stem Asian green for wok cooking — fish sauce, chili, and lime favor off-dry Riesling and tropical whites.
Wine Pairing Explanation
Primary wine styles
Common Culinary Uses
- garlic
Regional Context
CN
At a Glance
Group
Green Vegetables
Classification
Vegetables
Culinary role
leafy
Scientific name
Ipomoea aquatica
Scientific Classification
- Display name
- Water Spinach
- Classification
- Vegetables
- Group
- Green Vegetables
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea aquatica
Taxonomy
- Culinary role
- leafy
- Plant part
- leaf
- Texture
- tender
- Moisture class
- high
- Flavor intensity
- mild
- Seasonality
- summer