Sesuvium portulacastrum

[sheetal chaudhari]

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.

Regards,

Sheetal Pachpande

Research student,

B. N. Bandodkar college of Science,

Thane West.

[Pankaj Kumar]

Dear Sheetal,
Nice to see you here. Thanks a lot for contributing and I would really
anticipate your active participation in the group from now onwards :).
Happy posting.
Take care
Pankaj

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[sheetal chaudhari]

Thanks Pankaj ji

[Dinesh Valke]

NATIVE, WILD :: Aizoaceae (fig-marigold family or ice plant family) » Sesuvium portulacastrum
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

[tanay bose]

A nice collection from Sheetal Ji and Dinesh ji

tanay

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