Family:PortulacaceaeDistribution: As a weed in wate places,Found in India, Nepal, and AfricaSynonyms:Orygia portulacifolia Forssk. Portulaca cuneifolia, Vahl . Talinum portulacifolium, Asch. ex Schweinf. Description: Perennial succulent herb, upto1mt tall stem sprawling from the thickened root, or sometimes semi-scandent . Leaves slightly fleshy, broadly obovate to obovate-oblong, 28 cm x13.5 cm , cuneate sub sessile, apex broadly rounded, apiculate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle, or appearing racemose, the flowers in lateral cymes on a central axis 730 cm long, individual cymes 1few flowered, subsessile or stiffly pedunculate; pedicels 12 cm long, recurving in fruit. Flowers 22.5 cm across, sepals broadly ovate, concave, thinly membranous, 45.5 mm long, apiculate; petals obovate, usually magenta, sometimes crimson, stamens more than 20, filaments magenta, anthers yellow; ovary green. Capsule globose, dull yellowish, 67 mm high; seeds subreniform.The leaves are used as leafy vegetable.Photographed at Nellore of A.p, India. Reference: Flora of Presidency of Madras by J.S.Gamble. e floras.ENVIS;This species is not recorded in Flora of Nellore district by B.Suryanarayana, and A.S.Rao.
