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Portulaca grandiflora
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Family:
PORTULACACEAE
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Citation: Portulaca grandiflora Hook.f., Bot. Mag. t. 2885. 1829; M.K.V. Rao in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 3. 1993; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 319. 2005.
Portulaca pilosa L. ssp. grandiflora (Hook.f.) Geesink, Blumea 17:297. 1969; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 40. 1982; Sivar., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 78: 259. 1981; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 104. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pathumanichedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Sun plant, Common rose moss, Rose moss, Ten O'clock plant
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Description:
Diffuse, decumbent herbs, to 30 cm high. Leaves alternate or subopposite, 12-25 x 1-4 mm, linear-subulate, often curved, terete, obtuse or acute at both ends, with ca 5 mm long, axillary hairs. Flowers 2.5- 4 cm across, 2-8 in capituli, flowering successively, subtended by 5-8 involucral leaves, deltoid bracteoles and ca. 10 mm long hairs. Sepals 5-12 mm long, ovate, with an apical keel. Petals 5 (many in cultivated forms), pink, red, orange or yellow, 10-25 x 10 mm, obovate. Stamens numerous (40-75); filaments 2.5-6 mm long; anthers ca 1.4 x 0.3 mm. Styles 7-13 mm long with 5-10 arms. Capsules ca. 5 mm in diameter, globose, operculum shining straw-yellow; seeds ca 6 mm in diameter, shining; testa cells more or less stellulate with marginal ones having a central tubercle.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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