✿Portulacaceae · Portulaca
Pasalai Keerai / Chicken Weed
Portulaca quadrifida
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Portulaca quadrifida
- Genus
- Portulaca
- Family
- Portulacaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Wastelands and roadsides
- Habitat type
- Wasteland
- Distribution
- Pantropic (Except Australia and the Pacific East of Samoa)
- Found in India
- Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- பசலை கீறை Pasalai keerai
- Kannada
- ಗೋಳಿಸೊಪ್ಪು Goli soppu, ಗೋಣಿಸೊಪ್ಪು Goni soppu, ಹಾಲಿಬಚ್ಚೆಲೆ Haalibacchele
About Pasalai Keerai
Chicken Weed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a herb belonging to the Portulacaceae family (Purslane Family). It is typically found in wastelands and roadsides. It occurs across Pantropic (Except Australia and the Pacific East of Samoa). It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Portulacaceae
Purslane Family
Pasalai Keerai belongs to the Portulacaceae family.
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