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Taxon:  Portulaca oleracea L.



Summary
Genus:
Portulaca
Family:
Portulacaceae
Nomen number:
29453
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:445. 1753
Verified:
03/12/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. sativa (Haw.) Schubl. & G. Martens (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
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Common names
English
common purslane –
little hogweed –
portulaca-weed –
purslane –
Arabic
baqlah –
barbir –
rijlah –
French
pourpier –
German
Portulak –
India
ghol –
Japanese Rōmaji
suberi-hiyu –
Portuguese
beldroega –
Spanish
verdolaga –
Swedish
vildportlak –
Transcribed Chinese
ma chi xian –
Transcribed Korean
soebireum –
Transliterated Russian
portulak ogorodnyj –
portulak ovosenoj –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
4Naturalized    widely natzd. weed
6Other    origin unknown
Naturalized (widely natzd. weed)
Other (origin unknown)
Economic Uses
Animal food
Human food
vegetable (fide Pl Res SEAs 8:227. 1993; F ChinaEng) –
Medicines
folklore (fide Pl Res SEAs 8:227. 1993; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; F ChinaEng) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury) –
Weed
potential seed contaminant (fide Geigy Weed Tables. 1968) –


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