• Family : PORTULACACEAE
  (PURSLANE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Portulacaceae
• Species : Portulaca pilosa
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Portulaca pilosa L.
• Vernacular name : Boddikoora (Tel.)
• Key identification features : A small prostrate, succulent, perennial herb. Leaves are simple, alternate, linear and fleshy. Flowers are terminal or solitary, sessile and surrounded by involucre of 6-8 long leaves. Fruit is ovoid, dehiscent, with a conical cap.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : June-September
• Comments : Occasional in Eastern Ghats on rock crevices and also scattered on grassy lateritic soil.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Alagar Hills (Madurai district) (Tamil Nadu State); Gani R.F. (Kurnool district), Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Cuttack district, Puri district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Portulaca pilosa. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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