Wei Xuan of the Tang Dynasty, who remarked that:
岂非颇稜国将来,而语讹为菠稜耶?
“Isn't it because it [i.e. spinach] came from the country p’olang, that it got its name polang?”
Sun Yi (孙奕) of the Song Dynasty also said:
《艺苑雌黄》云……蔬品有颇陵者,昔人自颇陵国将其子来,因以为名,今俗乃从艸而为菠薐。
“According to the book Yiyuan Cihuang: The vegetable p’olang, was introduced as seeds from the country p’olang, and hence named. Nowadays its name is written with the 艸 radical, as ‘菠薐’.”