• Family : AIZOACEAE
  (Carpet-Weed Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : VISHAKHAPARA FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : AIZOACEAE
• Basionym : Portulaca portulacastrum L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.
• Vernacular name : Kadal Vazhukkai Keerai (Tamil)
• Habit : Herb
• Comments / notes : In dense masses on the floor of clayey soil, near mangoov swamps along sea coast.
• Flower, Fruit : November-May
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : KSD, Kannur district, Alappuzha district
  • Odisha : Puri district, Khurda district, Ganjam district, Balasore district, Kendrapara district
  • Tamil Nadu : Cuddalore district
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sesuvium portulacastrum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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