Common name
English: Shoreline seapurslane
Mandarin: 海马齿 (hai ma chi)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Caryophyllales (112)
Family: Aizoaceae (9)(family description)
Genus: Sesuvium (1)
Epithet: portulacastrum (L.) L. (2)
Synonym: Portulaca portulacastrum L.
portulacastrum => epitheton by L. after purslane-like leaves
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: xerophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, violet
External links
Check for Sesuvium portulacastrum at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [693] Sesuvium portulacastrum - Plants For A Future database
- [1661] Sesuvium portulacastrum - Flora of China @ efloras.org
Literature
- [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.