Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 1058 1759. (syn: Aizoon canariense Andr.; Aizoon montevidense Spreng. ex Rohr; Halimus portulacastrum (L.) Kuntze; Portulaca portulacastrum L.; Psammanthe marina Hance; Pyxipoma polyandrum Fenzl; Sesuvium acutifolium Miq.; Sesuvium brevifolium Schum. & Thonn.; Sesuvium edule Wight ex Wall.; Sesuvium longifolium Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Sesuvium ortegae Spreng.; Sesuvium parviflorum DC.; Sesuvium pedunculatum Pers.; Sesuvium portulaca Crantz; Sesuvium portulacastrum f. albiflorum Kayama; Sesuvium repens Willd.; Sesuvium revolutifolium Ortega; Sesuvium revolutum Pers.; Sesuvium sessile Pers.; Sesuvium sessile Larrañaga; Sesuvium sessiliflorum Dombey ex Rohrb.; Trianthema americana Gillies ex Arn.; Trianthema polyandra Bl.; Trianthema portulacastrum var. hillebrandii Deg. & I.Deg.); Western Sahara, Senegal, Benin, Togo, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Bioko Isl.
(Fernando Poo), Sao Tome, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gabon,
Angola, S-Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Namibia, Somalia,
Seychelles (I), China (Hainan, Guangdong), Taiwan, Ryukyu Isl., India (coastal
widespread), Bangladesh, Thailand, Java, peninsular Malaysia (throughout),
Singapore, Sumatra, Vietnam, Sulawesi, Sri Lanka, Lesser Sunda Isl., Moluccas,
Philippines (throughout), New Guinea, Pakistan (Sind, Karachi, Baluchistan,
N.W.Frontier Prov., Peshawar, Pakistani Punjab, Lahore, Swat, Hazara), Jammu
& Kashmir (Kashmir), Lakshadweep Isl. (Laccadives), Maldives, Christmas Isl.
(Austr.), North Keeling Isl., Lord Howe Isl., Fiji, Midway Isl., American Samoa
(Manua Isl., Ofu, Ta'u), Cook Isl. (Rarotonga), Henderson Isl., Marshall Isl.
(Kwajalein), Northern Marianas (Maug, Pagan), Phoenix Isl. (Canton, McKean),
Society Isl. (Tahiti), Southern Marianas (Farallon de Medinilla, Guam.), Tonga
(Tongatapu, 'Eua, Nomuka, Tafahi), Wake Isl., Western Samoa (Aleipata Islands),
Tuamotu Arch. (Anaa), Niue, Bonin Isl. (Chichijima, Minamijima), Bahamas, Turks
& Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin
Isl. (Anegada, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda),
Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenadines,
Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Redonda, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St.
Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin), Trinidad, Tobago, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla
Margarita, Costa Rica, Peru, Galapagos Isl., Belize, Venezuela (Anzoategui,
Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Distrito Federal, Falcon,
Guarico, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Zulia), Nicaragua, Argentina (Buenos
Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La
Rioja, Mendoza, Rio Negro, Salta, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San
Juan, San Luis, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Santa Catarina), Chile (Tarapaca), Paraguay
(Alto Paraguay, Pres. Hayes), Uruguay (Maldonado, Montevideo), N-Brazil
(Amazonas), NE-Brazil (Ceara, Bahia), SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Guyana,
Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Clarion), El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Colombia (Antioquia, Atlntico, Bolvar,
Choc, La Guajira, Magdalena), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila,
Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State,
Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa,
Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa
Cruz), Canary Isl. (I) (Lanzarote (I), Fuerteventura (I), Gran Canaria (I)),
Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Sal Isl. (I), Ilha da Boa Vista (I), Ilha de Maio (I), Ilha
de Sao Tiago (I)), USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas), Bermuda, Hawaii (Midway Isl.,
Pearl and Hermes Reef, Lisianski Isl., Lanai, Necker Isl., Kauai, Oahu, Molokai,
Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe Isl., Hawaii Isl.), Portugal (I), Morocco (I) as per Catalogue of Life; ses-OO-vee-um -- from the area inhabited by the Sesuvii, a Gallic tribe port-yoo-luh-KAS-trum -- resembles Portulaca commonly known as: sea purslane • Bengali: jadu palang • Marathi: धाप * dhapa • Rajasthani: lunio • Tamil: ஓர்பூடு orputu, வங்காரவச்சி vankaravacci • Telugu: వంగరేడుకూర vangaredukura ... not sure of Marathi spelling. Native of: tropics
Sesuvium portulacastrum: Sesuvium portulacastrum
Family: Aizoaceae (Ice plant family) Common name: Shoreline purslane Local name: Bhaji cha pala Very common in mangrove habitat and is one of the associate mangrove species. The fresh green leaves are used by local fishing community to make nice garama garam bhajjiyas.
Synonyms: Halimus portulacastrum, Portulaca portulacastrum ses-OO-vee-um -- from the area inhabited by the Sesuvii, a Gallic tribe
port-yoo-luh-KAS-trum -- resembles Portulaca commonly known as: sea purslane • Bengali: jadu palang • Marathi: धाप * dhapa • Rajasthani: lunio • Tamil: ஓர்பூடு orputu, வங்காரவச்சி vankaravacci • Telugu: వంగరేడుకూర vangaredukura ... not sure of Marathi spelling. Native of: tropics
Sesuvium portulacastrum: Seen this herb near Devbaug beach, Malvan region, Maharashtra. Bot. name: Sesuvium portulacastrum Family: Aizoaceae Common name: Sea Purslane Date/Time: 25-03-2012 / 11:30AM Good one. May I know the size of the flowers. Were these very close to the beach on sands or elsewhere near the backwaters? Flowers were approx. 2 to 3 cm in size. I had spotted this plant on the beach on sand as well as near the backwater. The shared here was photographed close to back water.
Please ID this succulent creeping plant found along sea coast. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Oct 1012. Could be Sesuvium portulacastrum Sesuvium portulacastrum Seems to be Sesuvium portulacastrum but different
Sesuvium verrucosum Raf. : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Sharing some pictures of Sesuvium verrucosum Raf. shot at Banana Island Doha Qatar on 3 November 2015 at 5 ft. To me it appears to same as Sesuvium portulacastrum as per images herein, found along sea coasts. We only have this in efi so far. Thank you for the correct ID! Agreeing with your id. Looks like Sesuvium portulacastrum to me too. ID by ... is correct
Herb ID from Bangladesh_SM_4006 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Picture take, Sep,2018 from Sonadia Island, Cox's Bazar This photograph (_MG_4417.jpg) is of Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. [Aizoaceae]. Is this a Crassulaceae member? id help required 011218-1 : 4 posts by 2 authors. 2 correct images as above. Virar, near Mumbai, 01-12-2018. Habitat: salt pans. Habit: Procumbant Is this a Crassulaceae member? DSC04651 does not belong to this plant. Please base id on images -642 & -644. Could be Sesuvium portulacastrum Aiozaceae. A common mangrove associate with succulent leaves. Identification can be conclusive if images of flowers are available.
190713 ASP 123 : Attachments (1). 5 posts by 4 authors. Please ID this succulent that grows along brackish water coast. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in Dec 2011. Looks like Sesuvium species (S.portulacastrum). May be Portulaca oleracea of Portulacaceae. Commonly called pig weed, 'Kozhuppa' in Malayalam & 'Paruppu keerai' in Tamil. efi pages: Sesuvium portulacastrum & Portulaca oleracea It is not Portulaca oleracea as per images and details herein. Also does not match with any species as per comparative images at Sesuvium Can it be Trianthema triquetra ? But I am doubtful. It has a look of Sesuvium to me Yes, appears to be Sesuvium portulacastrum as per comparative images and details at Sesuvium and as per GBIF image MS/ID/SEPT/2020/1 Id of the herb Sesuvium species : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Please ID the plant grown in a marshy area. Photographed in Chennai. Presumably Sesuvium portulacastrum. I guess the ID is correct! References:
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