Gynura procumbens facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Gynura procumbens
Scientific classification
Genus:	Gynura
Species:	procumbens
Synonyms
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 (also known as sabuñgai or sambung nyawa), sometimes called "longevity spinach" or "longevity greens", is an edible vine found in China, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Leaves are ovate-elliptic or lanceolate, 3.5 to 8 centimetres (1+1⁄3 to 3+1⁄6 in) long, and 0.8 to 3.5 centimetres (1⁄3 to 1+1⁄3 in) wide. Flowering heads are panicled, narrow, yellow, and 1 to 1.5 centimetres (1⁄3 to 2⁄3 in) long. 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.