Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Portulaca quadrifida
Scientific Name and Description
Portulaca quadrifida L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Portulaca guadrifida L.
Illecebrum verticillatum Burm.f.
Meridiana elliptica Poir.
Meridiana quadrifida (L.) Poir.
Portulaca chariensis A.Chev.
Portulaca diptera Zipp. ex Span.
Portulaca elatinoides A.Chev.
Portulaca geniculata Royle
Portulaca imbricata Forssk.
Portulaca linifolia Forssk.
Portulaca meridiana L.f.
Portulaca microphylla A.Rich.
Portulaca parensis Poelln.
Portulaca pseudoquadrifida Poelln.
Portulaca rediviva Wawra
Portulaca repens Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
Portulaca rubens A.Chev.
Portulaca squarrosa Peter
Portulaca walteriana Poelln.
Illecebrum verticillatum Burm.f.
Meridiana elliptica Poir.
Meridiana quadrifida (L.) Poir.
Portulaca chariensis A.Chev.
Portulaca diptera Zipp. ex Span.
Portulaca elatinoides A.Chev.
Portulaca geniculata Royle
Portulaca imbricata Forssk.
Portulaca linifolia Forssk.
Portulaca meridiana L.f.
Portulaca microphylla A.Rich.
Portulaca parensis Poelln.
Portulaca pseudoquadrifida Poelln.
Portulaca rediviva Wawra
Portulaca repens Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
Portulaca rubens A.Chev.
Portulaca squarrosa Peter
Portulaca walteriana Poelln.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | baralunia, chaunlayi, chota luniya, chotaluniya, khatechawal, lonia, lonika, loniya, nunisak |
| Kannada | bachhale soppu, goni soppu, gonisoppu, haali dajjili, haalu bachhale, haalu bachhali, hali bachchele, halibachcheli, lonika, sanna goni |
| Malayalam | nelatsjira |
| Marathi | bhumy gol, bhuyigola, kathe chanval, kathechanval, ranghol |
| Sanskrit | kshudragholika, laghughonika, laghulonika, loni, lonika, loonia, oopadykee, upadyki |
| Tamil | antaratecarikkoti, antarattecari, cirupacalai, cokkali, cokkali, ilaippacalai, ilaippacali, kotippacalai, mantotayakkaratimuli, maraimuli , mukkili , mukkuli, nilicam, otunkani, otunkanikkirai, pacalai, pacalai, pacarai, pasalai, pasalai keerai, pasarai, pasarai keerai, passalaikkirai, passelie keeray, passelikkirai, passraikeeray, pavanatamatu, payviri, payvirikkoti, pikan, sinnaparpukkirai, sinnaparupukkirai, siruppassaraikkirai, soin-pappu-kirai, taraippacali, uram, vacalai |
| Telugu | goddupaavili koora, goddupavili, kura, pavili, payalaaku, payalaku, peddapaavili, peddapavili, sannapappu, sannapayal aaku, saunapailkoora, saunapappu, saunapavili, sunapailkura |
| Common names | pusley, wild purslane, chicken weed (or chickenweed), single‑flowered purslane, small‑leaved purslane, o'clock plant, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Portulaca quadrifida L. Herb Whole plant Cold; flu; cough; cooling; diuretic; respiratory problems; scorpion sting General Chopda and Mahajan 2009
References
Literature
Literature
Chopda and Mahajan 2009
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 3 Author - Botanicaly Survey of India
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
- Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
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
Herb citations
Portulaca quadrifida. (2024, May 17). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portulaca_quadrifida