Portulaca oleracea Kozuppa Lonika | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Portulaca oleracea

Scientific Name and Description

Portulaca oleracea L.

Herb Family

Portulacaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Sanskrit	Lonaksheera, Lonika, - brhallonika, brhatloni, brihalloni, gholika, ghotika, kozuppa, lona, loni, lonika, lunia, upodika
Hindi	Kulfa, Lunia, Khursa,-badi noni, bara laniya, baralaniya, baralunia, chhotalunia, khurfa, khurfekasag, khursa, kulfa, kulfo, lonia, lunia, luniakulfah, luniya, lunkha, lunuk, muncha, munya, nonkha, ram jata
Tamil	Kilukkapattai, irattarputakkirai, karikkirai, karpakantakkirai, karpakantam, kolikkirai, kolikkurumpan, kolikkurumpankirai, koshi keerai, kotakam , kuravaki, kuravakikkirai, loni, nicakarakkirai, nicakaram, pacalai , parpukire, parukire, paruppu keerai, paruppu kirai, paruppu-k-kirai, paruppukeerai, paruppukkirai, paruppuukkirai, parupukkirai, passalakkirai, pulikkirai, punnacakkirai, punnakam , talvari, talvarikkirai, vayalai kodi
Bengali	Lona-shák
Rajasthan Region	Luni, Kulfo
Common Names	Common purslane, purslane or purslane clover,little hogweed,pursley
English	common purslane, money plant
Kannada	bachale soppu, budagora, dodda goni soppu, dodda gonisoppu, doddagoni soppu, duda-gorai, dudagorai, golisoppu, gonikasa, kirigoli, nuchhu goli palya
Malayalam	kara-tsjira, kariccira, koluppa, koluppaccira, koricchira
Marathi	bhuigholi, ghoi, gholbhaji, ghole, gol.golchi-bhaji, mhotighol, motighol
Telugu	boddupavilikoora, boddupavilikura, ganga paavilikoora, gangapavilikura, pappu kura, pappukoor aaku, pappukoora, pappukura, pedda pavali kura, pedda pavilikoora, peddapavila kura, peddapavilikura, peddapuvilakura
Urdu	ab khurfa siyah murrawaq, boondaqi, boondqi, fafees, khurfa, khurfah, qalfaa, siyah, tukhm khurfa, tukhm khurfa siyah, tukhm khurja siyah, tukhm-i-khurfa, tukhm-i-khurfa-i-siyah, tulkhm-i-khurfa

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Folk

Herb usable parts

Stem

Leaves

Seeds

Sap

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Eaten as vegetable for the treatment of scurvy and diseases of lever, kidney, spleen and bladder.
Fresh leaf juice is an effective thirst quencher and cools the body.
A paste of leaves is applied externally to the burns, swelling and scalds for its cooling effect.
Stem juice applied externally relieves prickly heat and to the hands and feet when burning sensation is felt.
Plant sap smeared on the body during summer provides relief in blister and boils.
Powdered seeds are also used in heat burn, in diarrhoea and as a demulcent.
Seed paste is also applied over bums and scalds.

Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003

Antidote for : Caterpillars sting

Part used : Whole plant

Formulations and application : Fresh plant paste is applied externally on caterpillars sting to reduce the pain

Source: Antidote: Medicinal plants - Dr. Shivamanjunatha MP - JMPS 2022; 10(1): 139-143

Botanical name : Portulaca oleracea L

Family : Portulacaceae

Part used : Whole plant

Antidote for : Caterpillars sting

Formulations and application : Fresh plant paste is applied externally on caterpillars sting to reduce the pain

Source: Antidote: Medicinal plants - Dr. Shivamanjunatha MP - JMPS 2022; 10(1): 139-143

Portulaca oleracea L. Herb Whole plant Mouth wound; vermifuge; liver and kidney stones; cadiovascular diseases; earache; vegetable General Dansi et al. 2008, Shanmugam et al. 2012