Looks like a nightshade to me. But don’t take my word for it.
Moara7
Where are you?
SpiritGuardTowz
Fairly certain it’s an Amaranthus sp. Many plants in the Amaranthaceae family are used like spinach, which is also in the same family.
Edit.
I’d like to know the location though, eating amaranths and goosefoot has really declined in many places.
Type_02
Looks like Lemon basil
MALDI2015
seems like your aunt just throw the pepper seeds in the pot and grew a bunch of peppers. pepper leaves are edible, and widely accepted in southeast Asia.
even the leaves of the nightshade of this shape (small leaves) are edible (maybe a touch of toxicity), I grew up eating it (not everyday of course).
thechilecowboy
A Capsicum. Capsicum leaves are used widely in Southeast Asian cuisine.
TheRealPurpleDrink
It looks like it has small white flowers on it. Is that accurate?
If so then it’s probably a black nightshade, which has a history of being used as a cooked green (soap de mora). Definitely worth eating cautiously though, since black nightshades do vary.
Otherwise it probably is an amaranth.
BarknPantnSniffer02
Well… did you enjoy it?
BarknPantnSniffer02
I love tossing them in while sautéing mushrooms. 6000 years of history growing in that pot lol
PopEye_XD
It looks like a chilli pepper plant…
engagetangos
Catnip
Greenladymeg
Looks like pepper leaves damaged/deformed by thrips.
LC_long-ago-far-away
I was thinking wait that’s Callaloo, but then I looked it up and callaloo and amaranth are the same thing! I think it’s a Caribbean green??
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Looks like a nightshade to me. But don’t take my word for it.
Where are you?
Fairly certain it’s an Amaranthus sp. Many plants in the Amaranthaceae family are used like spinach, which is also in the same family.
Edit.
I’d like to know the location though, eating amaranths and goosefoot has really declined in many places.
Looks like Lemon basil
seems like your aunt just throw the pepper seeds in the pot and grew a bunch of peppers. pepper leaves are edible, and widely accepted in southeast Asia.
even the leaves of the nightshade of this shape (small leaves) are edible (maybe a touch of toxicity), I grew up eating it (not everyday of course).
A Capsicum. Capsicum leaves are used widely in Southeast Asian cuisine.
It looks like it has small white flowers on it. Is that accurate?
If so then it’s probably a black nightshade, which has a history of being used as a cooked green (soap de mora). Definitely worth eating cautiously though, since black nightshades do vary.
Otherwise it probably is an amaranth.
Well… did you enjoy it?
I love tossing them in while sautéing mushrooms. 6000 years of history growing in that pot lol
It looks like a chilli pepper plant…
Catnip
Looks like pepper leaves damaged/deformed by thrips.
I was thinking wait that’s Callaloo, but then I looked it up and callaloo and amaranth are the same thing! I think it’s a Caribbean green??
It’s a chilli of some sort.