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SCFBio, IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi
Medicinal Plant TaxID: 46147

Portulaca oleracea

Family: Portulacaceae • Common: Common purselane; Garden purselane; Indian parselane; Purslane
6593 Compounds Afghanistan; Albania; Aldabra; Algeria; Angola; Ascension; Azores; Baleares; Benin; Bulgaria; Burkina; Burundi; Cameroon; Canary Islands; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Chagos Archipelago; Congo; Corse; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; France; Gabon

Overview

Species Portulaca oleracea
Habit Herb
Habitat Moist localities in plains; Moist soil; Wet areas in degraded forests; also weed of cultivation
Distribution (India)
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