✿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
- Family
- Portulacaceae
- 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.

Botanical family
Portulacaceae
Purslane Family
Pasali belongs to the Portulacaceae family.
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