Portulaca oleracea

  • little hogweed herb with flower bud is growing in the wild
    little hogweed
  • common purslane plant with its yellow flowers stands out against green grass growing on soil.
    common purslane
  • Leaves, flower buds and red coloured stem of duckweed
    duckweed
  • Several yellow flowers on Portulaca oleracea plants at the background of green grasses
    flowers of Portulaca oleracea
  • One yellow flower of Portulaca oleracea plant is blooming.
    Portulaca oleracea
  • Pursley (Portulaca oleracea) plants with its yellow flowers on soil
    pursley

Portulaca oleracea is an annual fleshy herb in the family Portulacaceae.  The herb is native in Assam and found almost all over the world. This plant is a popular vegetable for people. The Assamese common name of Portulaca oleracea are মালভোগ শাক, হাঁহ  ঠেঙীয়া, মালভোগ  খুতুৰা, নুনীয়া (Malbhog sak, Hah thengia, Malbhog khutura, Nunia-sak). The other common name of the herb are Wild Portulaca, little hogweed, Common Purslane, duckweed, garden purslane, parsley. Leaf Arrangement of Wild Portulacais opposite-decussate, Leaf Shape is oblong or ovate-elliptic and colour of flower is yellow. The leaves are clustered at stem and the flowers open singly at the center of the leaf cluster.

Scientific classification of Portulaca oleracea
Kingdom : Plantae  
Phylum : Tracheophyta  
Class      : Equisetopsida C. Agardh  
Order    : Caryophyllales
Family   : Portulacaceae  
Genus   : Portulaca 
Scientific name  : Portulaca oleracea L.

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