Water Spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) plants, flower and seeds. This plant was introduced to me as rau muống by @dinhteresting of @vietlead, as she explained that Vietnamese soldiers during the American War would plant stem cuttings in bomb craters as they traveled to new places. The plants would root quickly and there would be fresh food to eat. So powerful and resilient. I bought these as greens at Hung Vuong market on Washington Avenue in South Philly and rooted them in pots under the leaky part of the hose - they love it! You can see the flower looks like it’s cousin, morning glory (and also sweet potato). These water spinach seeds (called gazun in Burmese) and several others were sent by Tri Sa and Nicole Accordino of Transplanting Traditions Community Farm (@farmtraditions) in North Carolina where Karen and Chin farmers from Burma grow traditional crops as well as foods native to their new home. Very excited about new seed pen pals! Shared these seeds already with VietLead, and will soon share with @novickurbanfarm. #gazun #raumuong #waterspinach #ipomoeaaquatica #seedpenpals #seedkeeping #watermorningglory (at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania)
