• Family : PORTULACACEAE
  (Purslane Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : LUNIA FAMILY (लुनिया फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : TALINACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Talinum portulacifolium (Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf.
• Common name : Flam flower
• Vernacular name : Silone bachali (Telugu); Badhalacheera, Vassalacheera, Sambarcheera (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Wastelands
• Comments / notes : Occasional in Eastern Ghats. Introduced in gardens
• Flower, Fruit : February-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Pune district, Satara district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Madurai district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; UCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; 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; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• 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=Talinum portulacifolium. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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