Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd.

 
  • Family : PORTULACACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Talinaceae
  • Species : Talinum triangulare
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd.
  • Vernacular name : Nelabasale (Kan.)
  • Key identification features : A succulent herb or an undershrub. Roots are tuberous. Leaves are elliptic to obovate, emarginate or mucronate. Flowers are bisexual in terminal panicles. Petals are red-purple with stamens being numerous. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit a capsule, globose, 3-valved. Seeds are many, black, shining with a caruncle.
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Comments : Cultivated for leafy vegetable
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Udupi, Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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