Sesuvium portulacastrum

Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 1058 1759. (syn: Aizoon canariense Andr.; Aizoon montevidense Spreng. ex Rohr; Halimus portulacastrum (L.) Kuntze; Portulaca portulacastrum L.; Psammanthe marina Hance; Pyxipoma polyandrum Fenzl; Sesuvium acutifolium Miq.; Sesuvium brevifolium Schum. & Thonn.; Sesuvium edule Wight ex Wall.; Sesuvium longifolium Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.; Sesuvium ortegae Spreng.; Sesuvium parviflorum DC.; Sesuvium pedunculatum Pers.; Sesuvium portulaca Crantz; Sesuvium portulacastrum f. albiflorum Kayama; Sesuvium repens Willd.; Sesuvium revolutifolium Ortega; Sesuvium revolutum Pers.; Sesuvium sessile Pers.; Sesuvium sessile Larrañaga; Sesuvium sessiliflorum Dombey ex Rohrb.; Trianthema americana Gillies ex Arn.; Trianthema polyandra Bl.; Trianthema portulacastrum var. hillebrandii Deg. & I.Deg.);

Western Sahara, Senegal, Benin, Togo, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Sao Tome, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Gabon, Angola, S-Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar, Namibia, Somalia, Seychelles (I), China (Hainan, Guangdong), Taiwan, Ryukyu Isl., India (coastal widespread), Bangladesh, Thailand, Java, peninsular Malaysia (throughout), Singapore, Sumatra, Vietnam, Sulawesi, Sri Lanka, Lesser Sunda Isl., Moluccas, Philippines (throughout), New Guinea, Pakistan (Sind, Karachi, Baluchistan, N.W.Frontier Prov., Peshawar, Pakistani Punjab, Lahore, Swat, Hazara), Jammu & Kashmir (Kashmir), Lakshadweep Isl. (Laccadives), Maldives, Christmas Isl. (Austr.), North Keeling Isl., Lord Howe Isl., Fiji, Midway Isl., American Samoa (Manua Isl., Ofu, Ta’u), Cook Isl. (Rarotonga), Henderson Isl., Marshall Isl. (Kwajalein), Northern Marianas (Maug, Pagan), Phoenix Isl. (Canton, McKean), Society Isl. (Tahiti), Southern Marianas (Farallon de Medinilla, Guam.), Tonga (Tongatapu, ‘Eua, Nomuka, Tafahi), Wake Isl., Western Samoa (Aleipata Islands), Tuamotu Arch. (Anaa), Niue, Bonin Isl. (Chichijima, Minamijima), Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Isl., Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Anegada, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Dominica, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Redonda, St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin), Trinidad, Tobago, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Isla Margarita, Costa Rica, Peru, Galapagos Isl., Belize, Venezuela (Anzoategui, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Dependencias Federales, Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Miranda, Nueva Esparta, Sucre, Zulia), Nicaragua, Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chaco, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Rio Negro, Salta, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis, Tucuman), S-Brazil (Santa Catarina), Chile (Tarapaca), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Pres. Hayes), Uruguay (Maldonado, Montevideo), N-Brazil (Amazonas), NE-Brazil (Ceara, Bahia), SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Revillagigedos Isl. (Isla Clarion), El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Colombia (Antioquia, Atlntico, Bolvar, Choc, La Guajira, Magdalena), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz), Canary Isl. (I) (Lanzarote (I), Fuerteventura (I), Gran Canaria (I)), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Sal Isl. (I), Ilha da Boa Vista (I), Ilha de Maio (I), Ilha de Sao Tiago (I)), USA (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas), Bermuda, Hawaii (Midway Isl., Pearl and Hermes Reef, Lisianski Isl., Lanai, Necker Isl., Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Kahoolawe Isl., Hawaii Isl.), Portugal (I), Morocco (I) as per Catalogue of Life;

commonly known as: sea purslane • Bengali: jadu palang • Marathi: धाप * dhapa • Rajasthani: lunio • Tamil: ஓர்பூடு orputu, வங்காரவச்சி vankaravacci • Telugu: వంగరేడుకూర vangaredukura

… not sure of Marathi spelling.
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Sesuvium portulacastrum:
Sesuvium portulacastrum

Family: Aizoaceae (Ice plant family)
Common name: Shoreline purslane
Local name: Bhaji cha pala
Very common in mangrove habitat and is one of the associate mangrove species.
The fresh green leaves are used by local fishing community to make nice garama garam bhajjiyas.

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-NATIVE, WILD :: Aizoaceae (fig-marigold family or ice plant family) » Sesuvium portulacastrum
Synonyms: Halimus portulacastrum, Portulaca portulacastrum
ses-OO-vee-um — from the area inhabited by the Sesuvii, a Gallic tribe
port-yoo-luh-KAS-trum — resembles Portulaca

commonly known as: sea purslane • Bengali: jadu palang • Marathi: धाप * dhapa • Rajasthani: lunio • Tamil: ஓர்பூடு orputu, வங்காரவச்சி vankaravacci • Telugu: వంగరేడుకూర vangaredukura
… not sure of Marathi spelling.
Native of: tropics

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Sesuvium portulacastrum:
Seen this herb near Devbaug beach, Malvan region, Maharashtra.
Bot. name: Sesuvium portulacastrum
Family: Aizoaceae
Common name: Sea Purslane
Date/Time: 25-03-2012 / 11:30AM

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Good one. May I know the size of the flowers. Were these very close to the beach on sands or elsewhere near the backwaters?

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Flowers were approx. 2 to 3 cm in size. I had spotted this plant on the beach on sand as well as near the backwater. The shared here was photographed close to back water.

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Could be Sesuvium portulacastrum

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Sesuvium portulacastrum

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Seems to be Sesuvium portulacastrum but different

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Sesuvium verrucosum Raf. : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Sharing some pictures of Sesuvium verrucosum Raf. shot at Banana Island Doha Qatar on 3 November 2015 at 5 ft. 

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Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. :: Suruchi beach, Vasai :: Feb 23, 2023 · JUN23 DV446: 6 images.

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References:

Catalogue of Life  Flora of China  FoC illustration FoNA illustration Flora of Peninsular India  GBIF