Portulacaceae · Talinum

Pasali / Ceylon Spinach

Talinum fruticosum

outdoor
Found in India
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & more

Plant Details

Scientific name
Talinum fruticosum
Genus
Talinum
Found in India
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal, Puducherry, Tripura, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (NE)

Flower & fruit characters

Flower colour
Pinkrecorded

Characters marked “recorded” are for Pasali itself; the rest are typical of the Portulacaceae family — flowering plants only.

Local Names

Hindi
pasali

About Pasali

Ceylon Spinach (Talinum fruticosum) belongs to the Portulacaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and 15 other states.

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Botanical family

Portulacaceae

Purslane Family

Pasali belongs to the Portulacaceae family.

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