Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amalenjane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amalenyane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
antaratecarikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antarattecari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arnubah	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
bachhale soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baglatulaarabbiyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baglatulyamaniyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baqlatul-aarabbiyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baqlatul-yamaniyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baralunia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barik-ghol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhichauli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhumy gol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuyigola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bordinte	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
budelut-ul-mobarik	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
budelutulmubarik	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bwanda	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chaunlayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chicken weed	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
chinna-parpukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chota	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chota luniya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chotaluniya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chounlayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciripacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirupacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
emayenjani	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
farfena	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
ghol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goddupaavili koora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goddupavili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goni soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gonisoppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gunni-sopu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haali dajjili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haalu bachhale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haalu bachhali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hali bachchele	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
halibachcheli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heen gendakola	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ilaippacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ilaippacali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannidood	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kanniedood	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kathe chanval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kathechanval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khate-chanval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khate-chaval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khatechanval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khatechawal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolikkal keerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kremi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kshudragholika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulfa	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
kura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laghu-lonikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
laghughonika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laghulonika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
linyanjani	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
loni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lonia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lonika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
loniya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
loonia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lunki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lunkibuti	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mahenjani	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mantotayakkaratimuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
martah	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
melkhena	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
memaniran puteh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mukkuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
myeyane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nelatsjira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilicam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nuchhu goli palya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nuchhu goli soppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nunisak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nunya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nunyka sag	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oopadykee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
otunkani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
otunkanikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ouamanta	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
pacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacarai-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palaya-kura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasalai keerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasali keerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasarai keerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
passalaikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
passelie keeray	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
passelikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
passraikeeray	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavanatamatu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payalaaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payalaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payviri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payvirikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddapaavili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddapavili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pigweed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pikan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
porselein	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
purslane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pusley	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ranghol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rumput segan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sanimarumbi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sanna goni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sannapappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sannapayal aaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saunapailkoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saunapappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saunapavili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sinnaparpukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sinnaparupukkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siru pasalai-keerai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sirupasalai tharaipasalai	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
siruppassaraikkirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soin-pappu-kirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
solele	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sunapailkura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taraippacali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
upadyki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uppadykii	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild purslane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
小马齿苋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant, Leaves, Seeds		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Plant (leaves and young whole stems)		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
entire plant		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Portulaca diptera Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 207 (1841).
Portulaca geniculata Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 221 (1835).
Portulaca meridiana L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 248 (1782).
Portulaca walteriana Poelln. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 219 (1940).
Illecebrum verticillatum Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 66 (1768).
Meridiana elliptica Poir. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 30: 112 (1824).
Meridiana quadrifida (L.) Poir. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 30: 111 (1824).
Portulaca chariensis A.Chev. Études Fl. Afr. Centr. Franç. 1: 24 (1913).
Portulaca elatinoides A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 47 (1920), nom. nud.
Portulaca imbricata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 92 (1775).
Portulaca linifolia Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 92 (1775).
Portulaca microphylla A.Rich. in R.de la Sagra, Hist. Phys. Cuba, Pl. Vasc.: 620 (1846).
Portulaca parensis Poelln. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 185 (1940).
Portulaca pseudoquadrifida Poelln. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49: 208 (1940).
Portulaca quadrifida var. meridiana DC. Prodr. 3: 354 (1828).
Portulaca rediviva Wawra Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 38: 564 (1860).
Portulaca repens Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 356 (1834).
Portulaca rubens A.Chev. Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 48 (1920), nom. nud.
Portulaca squarrosa Peter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 40(2, Anh.): 33 (1938).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Portulaca diptera Zipp. ex Span.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Portulaca geniculata Royle	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Portulaca guadrifida L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Portulaca meridiana L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Portulaca quadifida L.	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Portulaca quadrifida	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Portulaca quadrifida L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Portulaca quadrifida Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Portulaca quadriﬁda L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Portulaca walteriana Poelln.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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