Portulaca pilosa | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Portulaca pilosa

Scientific Name and Description

Portulaca pilosa L.

Herb Family

Portulacaceae

Plant type

Herb

Plant Synonyms

Portulaca decipiens Poelln.
Portulaca ehrenbergii Poelln.
Portulaca gagatosperma Millsp.
Portulaca karwinskii Fisch. & E. Mey.
Portulaca lanata Rich.
Portulaca mundula I.M. Johnst.
Portulaca poliosperma Urb.
Portulaca procumbens Urb. & Ekman

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Kannada	gedde geni soppu
Tamil	koli mulaiyan, koli munaiyan, mukkuli keerai, mukkuli-kirai, mukkulik-kirai, mukkulikkirai
Telugu	boddakoora
Common Names	pink purslane, kiss-me-quick, hairy pigweed

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Siddha

Folk

Herb usable parts

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Portulaca pilosa L. Herb Whole plant Diuretic General Jayanthi et al. 2012

Herbs Medicinal Activity

Diuretic

References

Literature

Jayanthi et al. 2012

The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam

Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit

Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist

Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh

The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel

FLORA OF INDIA VOL 3 Author - Botanicaly Survey of India

Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa

The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari

FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.

Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112

Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)

The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH

Citations

Portulaca pilosa. (2024, May 9). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portulaca_pilosa