Thread: Growing Pak W(h)an Pa

First a pic, so we all know what I'm on about:



The wife wants to grow it in the back garden from plants, rather than seed. It is not grown around our village but she says it's because no-one has tried rather than because it won't.

I had a search around for growing tips but couldn't find any. Nor could I find the latin name for it. Several sites referred to it as Sauropus Androgynus or Cekur Manis but when I cross-checked with images they were wrong. Worse the Thai transliteration is quite close between pak wan pa (I think this is referred to as tropical asparagus) and pak wan bahn (star gooseberry I think).

It is commonly eaten locally alongside mot daeng if that helps anyone.

What I would like to know is how easy it is to grow and under what conditions. However, the Latin name would be a good start as I can probably research the rest based on that.

^ That's it! Thank-you very much Neverna.

Here's the cross-check. It may be a useful reference for others:

THE VEGETABLE SECTOR IN THAILAND

here is a youtube video about growing PakWan Pa



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