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Talinum
portulacifolium (Forssk.)Aschers
& Schweinf.
Synonym
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Claytonia cuneifolia
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Family
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Portulacaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam -Sambarcheera
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Flowering and fruiting period
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February-August
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Distribution
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Pantropical
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Distribution in Kerala
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All
Districts
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Habitat
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Wastelands
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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The leaves of Talinum portulacifolium are
eaten as a cooked vegetable or raw as a salad, alone or with young stem
parts.
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Key botanical characters :
Erect
semi-succulent, glabrous herbs to 1 m tall; rootstock tuberous. Leaves
subsessile, alternate, obovate or oblanceolate, base cuneate, apex obtuse or
rounded. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate. Flowers pedicels to 1.2 cm long;
bracts 2-4 mm long, linear. Sepalsovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals 5,
pink, obovate.. Capsules globose. Seeds ovoid, black, striate.
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