Taxon:
Portulaca oleracea L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:445. 1753
Verified:
03/12/2004
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
common purslane – little hogweed – portulaca-weed – purslane – Arabic
baqlah – barbir – rijlah – English (Canada)
purslane – French
pourpier – French (Canada)
pourpier potager – German
Portulak – India
ghol – Japanese Rōmaji
suberi-hiyu – Portuguese
beldroega – Spanish
verdolaga – Swedish
vildportlak – Transcribed Chinese
ma chi xian – Transcribed Korean
soebireum – Transliterated Russian
portulak ogorodnyj – portulak ovosenoj –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. weed |
6 | Other | | | | | origin unknown |
Naturalized
(widely natzd. weed)
Other
(origin unknown)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | fodder | | FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/ |
Human food | vegetable | fide Pl Res SEAs 8:227. 1993; F ChinaEng | Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:227-229. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Medicines | folklore | fide Pl Res SEAs 8:227. 1993; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; F ChinaEng | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | fide Geigy Weed Tables. 1968 | CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables |