Sabuni / Round-Leaved Portulaca
Trianthema portulacastrum
Also known as Horse Purslane
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- July-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Trianthema portulacastrum
- Genus
- Trianthema
- Family
- Aizoaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Haryana, Puducherry, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Round, fleshyrecorded
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“It is green to red in color, hairless except for small lines of hairs near the leaves, and fleshy.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sabuni itself; the rest are typical of the Aizoaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet“The flower lacks petals but has purple, petallike sepals.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- SolitaryrecordedA single flower borne alone, not in a cluster.“Solitary flowers occur in .” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“The fruit is a curved, cylindrical capsule emerging from the stem.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sabuni itself; the rest are typical of the Aizoaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Sabuni, Salsabuni, Svetsabuni
- Nepali
- Seto punarnava
- Bengali
- Gadabani, Godabani, Kulphasag
- Tamil
- Sharunnai, Shavalai, Charu velai
- Kannada
- Muchchugoni, Bili komme
- Malayalam
- Talutama, tavilama, വെള്ളത്തഴുതാമ
- Marathi
- Pundhari-ghentuli, वसु
About Sabuni
Round-leaved Portulaca (Trianthema portulacastrum) is a herb in the Aizoaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and 15 other states. It grows in scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from July to October.
Aizoaceae
Carpet-Weed Family
Sabuni belongs to the Aizoaceae family.
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