Mukkuli Keerai / Shaggy Portulaca
Portulaca pilosa
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- July-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Portulaca pilosa
- Genus
- Portulaca
- Family
- Portulacaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Puducherry, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mukkuli Keerai itself; the rest are typical of the Portulacaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Koli mulaiyan, koli munaiyan, മുക്കുലീ കീരൈ Mukkuli keerai
- Kannada
- Gedde geni soppu
About Mukkuli Keerai
Shaggy Portulaca (Portulaca pilosa) is a herb in the Portulacaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Karnataka, Rajasthan and 14 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests and plains. Flowering and fruiting run from July to December.
Uses
Locally it is long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Portulacaceae
Purslane Family
Mukkuli Keerai belongs to the Portulacaceae family.
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