Illustrative leaf, not this species
Portulaca quadrifida
Pasalai Keerai / Chicken Weed பசலை கீறை
Tamil name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Pasalai Keerai in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Tamil | பசலை கீறை | Pasalai keerai |
| Kannada | ಗೋಳಿಸೊಪ್ಪು · ಗೋಣಿಸೊಪ್ಪು · ಹಾಲಿಬಚ್ಚೆಲೆ | Goli soppu, Goni soppu, Haalibacchele |
See the original recorded names
- Tamil
- பசலை கீறை Pasalai keerai
- Kannada
- ಗೋಳಿಸೊಪ್ಪು Goli soppu, ಗೋಣಿಸೊಪ್ಪು Goni soppu, ಹಾಲಿಬಚ್ಚೆಲೆ Haalibacchele
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Assam, India, Laccadive Is. Kew dataset ↗︎
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Trop. & Subtrop. Old World to SW. Pacific.
- Recorded habitat
- Wastelands and roadsides
- Explore nearby plants
- Telangana →Uttar Pradesh →Tamil Nadu →
Occurrence records show where a plant has been recorded; they do not establish that it is native there. Compare local habitat and growing conditions when choosing plants for a garden.
How to identify Pasalai Keerai
Identify Pasalai Keerai 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: Tiny mat-forming plant with fringed hairs at the nodes.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Portulacaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pasalai Keerai.
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, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Delhi, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pasalai Keerai itself; the rest are typical of the Portulacaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Pasalai Keerai
Chicken Weed (Portulaca quadrifida) is a herb in the Portulacaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and 13 other states. It grows in wastelands and roadsides. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Portulacaceae
Purslane Family
Pasalai Keerai belongs to the Portulacaceae family.
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