Ceylon Salad Leaves is also known as Malabar Spinach, a most useful green. Vigourous and hardy, this plant produces dense textured leaves that are both nutritious (rich in mucin) and tasty. Enjoy raw or cooked. May be grown on a trellis or as a ground cover. Ideal vegetable for patio gardens. Ceylon Salad Leaves is native to Ceylon and prefers moist well-drained soils in a protected part-shaded position. Drought and frost tender. A perennial in warmer climates, growing to 1.5m x 0.3m.