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Portulaca wightiana
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Family:
PORTULACACEAE
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Citation: Portulaca wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 356. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 247. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 66(47). 1915; M.K.V. Rao in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 7. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 28. 1999.
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Description:
Branched diffuse stout herbs, stem concealed with scales and leaves; nodes with abundant scales, 5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, scarious. Leaves alternate, to 6 mm, elliptic, acute, puberulus. Flowers solitary, terminal subtended by involucral bracts. Capsule circumscissile, 3 mm, many seeded, minute, brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-October
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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):
Yellow, Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Athiyodai
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