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25 min
By Wendy Hutton
Published 2022
Cekuk manis (Sauropus albicans), a shrub with edible leaves, grows wild throughout Southeast Asia. A vegetable grower in Lahad Datu, Sabah, discovered a method to make it grow quickly so that the stems are edible, earning it the name Sabah vegetable or Sabah asparagus. It has a flavour similar to kangkung (water spinach) which is a good substitute.
