Plant Details

Accepted name:: Portulaca pilosa L. [Portulacaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Portulaca pilosa subsp. villosa (Cham.) R.Geesink

Portulaca pilosa subsp. pilosa

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)
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)
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)
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	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
purslane	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
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 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Portulaca pilosa var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 15 (1898), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Portulaca pilosa	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Portulaca pilosa L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) 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 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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