空心菜(Ipomoea aquatica)属茄目旋花科番薯属一年生草本、蔓生水生植物,学名蕹菜,又名无心菜、竹叶菜、通心菜、节节菜。不仅富含多种维生素和矿物质,而且性寒、味甘,具有防癌、清热解毒、利尿止血等药用价值。因此空心菜是一种药食两用的优质水生蔬菜。空心菜具有一次播种多次、长时期采收的特点,可以很好地弥补我国北方夏秋季节多果菜少叶菜的市场空缺。 Ipomoea aquatica is an eggplant Convolvulaceae Ipomoea annual herb, vine water plant, scientific name Ipomoea, also known as unbridled cabbage, bamboo leafy vegetables, herbs, dish-saving. Not only rich in vitamins and minerals, and cold, sweet, with anti-cancer, detoxification, diuretic hemostasis and other medicinal value. Therefore, spinach is a kind of edible aquatic vegetables. With a sowing many times, a long time harvest characteristics, can make up for the summer and autumn in northern China more fruit and vegetable leafy market vacancies.