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Kangkong

Other names: kankong, kang kong, swamp cabbage

Kangkong (Tagalog) or tangkong (Aklanon) is called in English, sometimes as swamp cabbage or water spinach although it's not really cabbage or spinach. It's sort of ubiquituous in the Philippines, it grows everywhere, in ditches, in ponds, on dry land, or in cultivation.
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Equal amounts of spinach but you won't get the same crunchiness

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