Baluka-Sag / Sand Herbage
Gisekia pharnaceoides
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Rajasthan
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Baluka-Sag
Identify Baluka-Sag by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Grows in sandy soils.
- Confirm leaf shape: Narrow, linear, fleshy.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Rajasthan.
- Confirm it sits within the Aizoaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Baluka-Sag.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gisekia pharnaceoides
- Genus
- Gisekia
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, plains, sandy sea coasts, wastelands and floor of drying tanks
- Distribution
- India, South Africa, Mascarene Islands, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Kerala, Rajasthan
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Narrow, linear, fleshyrecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Baluka-Sag itself; the rest are typical of the Aizoaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Aizoaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बालु का साग Baluka-sag, Balukar-sag, मोरंग Morang
- Tamil
- கொகிலீ Kokili, கொகிலீகீரை Kokilikkirai, Manal-kirai
- Kannada
- ಅತ್ತರಿಫಲ Atthari phala, ಅತ್ತಿರಿಫಲ Atthiri phala ಇಸಕುಧಾರಿ Isakudhaari
- Marathi
- वालुचि भाजी Valuchi-bhaji
About Baluka-Sag
Sand Herbage (Gisekia pharnaceoides) belongs to the Aizoaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala and Rajasthan. It grows in deciduous forests, plains, sandy sea coasts, wastelands and floor of drying tanks. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Aizoaceae
Carpet-Weed Family
Baluka-Sag belongs to the Aizoaceae family.
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