Portulaca oleracea


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Noun1.Portulaca oleracea - weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisinePortulaca oleracea - weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan
common purslane, pussley, pussly, verdolagas
purslane - a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas
genus Portulaca - genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs
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I have made a satisfactory dinner, satisfactory on several accounts, simply off a dish of purslane (Portulaca oleracea) which I gathered in my cornfield, boiled and salted.
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The least dominant weeds with less than 2% were Acanthospermum hispidum, Leucus martinicensis, Portulaca oleracea and Cynodon dactylon.
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17.4 30.5 14.3 31.45 Alternanthera halimifolia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 Setaria verticillata 12.4 14.1 19.5 23.86 Eleusine indica 3.8 9.8 9.8 6.11 Leptochloa uninervia 0.8 2.6 3.0 0.47 Poaceae- Especie 3 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.01 Cynodon dactylon 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 Portulaca oleracea 2.6 12.5 5.3 3.66 Chamaesyce sp.
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A review of traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Portulaca oleracea L.
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(*) Asterales: Asteraceae Helianthus annuus (*) Asterales: Asteraceae Ipomoea pes-caprae Solanales: Convolvulaceae Kalanchoe blossfeldiana (*) Saxifragales: Crassulaceae Mangifera indica Sapindales: Anacardiaceae Portulaca oleracea (*) Caryophyllales: Portulacaceae Swietenia mahagoni Sapindales: Meliaceae Tagetes patula Asterales: Asteraceae Zinnia elegans (*) Asterales: Asteraceae Food plant Common name Reference Aloe indica Aloe Raut & Barker (2002) Annona squamosa Sugar apple Rao & Singh (2002) Cosmos spp.
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rosa-sinensis, Helianthus annuus, Parthenium hysterophorus, Withania somnifera, Euphorbia prostrate, Portulaca oleracea, Solamum melongena, T.
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