Plant Details

Accepted name:: Portulaca pilosa L. [Portulacaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alecrim	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
amor-crescido	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
bodda-kura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boddakoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gedde geni soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gelang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hairy purslane	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hairy-pigweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
hé què shé	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jangli gajar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kilavan thadi chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiss-me-quick	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
koli mulaiyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koli munaiyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mao ma chia xian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
mukkuli keerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukkuli-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukkulik-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukkulikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
máo mǎ chǐ xiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
penawar	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
portulaca pilosa whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
purslane	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rebha leoka	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
rì tóu hóng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
safed mushali	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
skäggportlak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
verdolaga afuere	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
verdolaguilla	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
yerba de agua	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
yerba diez del dia	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
日中花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
日头红	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
毛马齿苋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
禾雀舌	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 37 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Portulaca cincta Fenzl Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 14: 162 (1857).
Portulaca helianthemoides Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 207 (1841), nom. nud.
Portulaca javanensis Poelln. Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 273 (1943).
Portulaca pilosa subsp. pilosa
Portulaca advena Reichg. & Poelln. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 46: 47 (1939).
Portulaca cyanosperma Egler Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 13: 167 (1937).
Portulaca cyathostyla Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 40 (1909).
Portulaca dubia Tepper Trans. & Proc. Rep. Roy. Soc. South Australia 17: 16 (1893).
Portulaca ehrenbergii Poelln. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 93 (1941).
Portulaca gagatosperma Millsp. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 299 (1909).
Portulaca halimoides var. brevipilosa Poelln. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 94 (1941).
Portulaca involucrata Haw. Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 59 (1821).
Portulaca javanensis var. grisea Poelln. Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 273 (1943).
Portulaca karwinskii Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 11(Suppl.): 63 (1846).
Portulaca lakhonensis Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 41 (1909).
Portulaca lanata Rich. Actes Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1: 109 (1792).
Portulaca lanuginosa Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 428 (1766).
Portulaca microsperma Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 96 (1925).
Portulaca mundula I.M.Johnst. J. Arnold Arbor. 29: 195 (1948).
Portulaca napiformis F.Muell. ex Benth. Fl. Austral. 1: 169 (1863).
Portulaca pachyrrhiza Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 41 (1909).
Portulaca pilosa f. aurantiaca Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898).
Portulaca pilosa var. guyannensis D.Legrand Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, ser. 2, 7(3): 83 (1962).
Portulaca pilosa subsp. lakhonensis (Gagnep.) Geesink Blumea 17: 299 (1969).
Portulaca pilosa f. mexicana D.Legrand Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, ser. 2, 7: 82 (1962).
Portulaca pilosa var. mundula (I.M.Johnst.) D.Legrand Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, ser. 2, 7: 82 (1962).
Portulaca pilosa var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 15 (1898), not validly publ.
Portulaca pilosa var. paraguayensis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 15 (1898).
Portulaca pilosa f. procumbens (Urb. & Ekman) D.Legrand Anales Mus. Hist. Nat. Montevideo, ser. 2, 7(3): 81 (1962).
Portulaca pilosa f. rubra Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898).
Portulaca pilosa f. rubra Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 15 (1898).
Portulaca pilosissima Hook. Bot. Misc. 2: 220 (1830).
Portulaca procumbens Urb. & Ekman Ark. Bot. 23A(11): 9 (1931).
Portulaca remota Poelln. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 37: 302 (1934).
Portulaca sedoides Spruce ex Rohrb. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 14(2): 304 (1872), not validly publ.
Portulaca talmyana Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 42 (1909).
Portulaca vilmoriana H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 259 (1910).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Portulaca cincis Fenzi.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Portulaca cincta Fenzl	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Portulaca helianthemoides Zipp. ex Span	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Portulaca javanensis Poelln.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Portulaca pilosa	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Portulaca pilosa L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hepatoprotective Native Pl. in Brazilian Med. (Antunes et al., 2022) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Portulaca pilosa L. pilosa	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Portulaca pilosa Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Portulaca pilosa Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Portulaca pilosa Linnaeus subsp. pilosa	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Portulaca pilosa subsp. pilosa	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
Portulacca pilosa	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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