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Trianthema portulacastrum

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Identification
Trianthema portulacastrum L. [family AIZOACEAE ]
Related name
  • Trianthema portulacastrum
Common name
  • pourpier courant (Berhaut)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • tamalege (JMD) (NIGERIA, ARABIC-SHUWA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ninsi woroso (def.-o)= cow-hoof (Fox; DF) sádjambó = snake leaf (JMD) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • daábùrín sáaníyaá = cow’s gum, or palate (JMD; ZOG) dánkálìn yáàraa = children’s sweet potato (JMD; ZOG) deylu (JRA) gádón maciìjií (ZOG) gwàndàr kúnneé (JMD; ZOG) hálshèn rogo, halshen túnkìyaá = sheep’s tongue (JMD; ZOG) roógòn yaáraá = children’s cassava (JMD; ZOG) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bin-y-wa-só (FNH) (NIGERIA, CHAMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • horse purslane (Irvine), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • nakamad́od́e (JB) nd́isan (JB) ñokèt (JB) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • oluwóņjeja (Egunjobi) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • rabah (JMD) (NIGERIA, ARABIC), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • Desert horse-purslane, Flora of North America Vol. 4
  • malinguer (A. Chev.) (MALI, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • adwera-akoa, adwera: Portulaca oleracea; akoa: interior; i.e., the lesser adwera (Enti) (GHANA, AKAN-TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • t∫alai (FRI; JMD) (GHANA, GA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • gadon machiji = snake’s bed (JMD) (NIGERIA, HAUSA (West)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kẻnáskì (JMD; C&H) (NIGERIA, KANURI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for TRIANTHEMA portulacastrum L. [family AIZOACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. G. Gilbert [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
TRIANTHEMA portulacastrum L. [family AIZOACEAE], (1753).
Tetragonia chisimajensis Chiov. [family AIZOACEAE], (1932);. type: S3, “Gobuin”, Gorini 437 (FT holo.).
Information
Annual herb, most parts ± minutely asperous, succulent. Paired leaves very unequal; petiole up to 2.5 cm long, base expanded and connate with adjacent base to form sheath, lateral lobes triangular, up to 3 mm long, acuminate; leaf-blade obovate, up to 5 x 4.5 cm, base cuneate, tip rounded to retuse, upper surface glabrous. Flowers solitary in axils, partly hidden by sheathing leaf-base. Perianth 4–5 mm long overall; tepals obtuse with dorsal horn, inner face white to pale pink. Stamens 10–20. Ovary slightly 2-lobed. Seeds 3–12, transversely wrinkled.
Range
S1, 3 pantropical weed sometimes said to have originated in the New World, but clearly a sister species of the next species which is an African endemic.
Altitude range
c. 10–145 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & Hemming 24291.

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