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The dried flowers and flower buds are used as a substitute for tea in case of diabetes patients. The powdered seed is also applied to the eye, in case of chronic purulent conjunctivitis. [citation needed] Sesuvium portulacastrum: Shoreline purslane The plant extract showed antibacterial and anticandidal activities and moderate antifungal ...
Nettle—young leaves collected before flowering used as a tea or spinach substitute. Plants have use as compost material or for fibre. Purslane—prepared raw for salads or sautéed. Shepherd's purse—leaves are edible and often sautéed or blanched.
Sea purslane [115] Hibiscus sabdariffa: Roselle: Telugu: Gongura. Roselle leaves are edible and have a pleasant taste. This plant has good medicinal value. In some areas, it is used as a substitute for Jute. Hirschfeldia incana: Shortpod mustard [116] Honckenya peploides: Sea sandwort: Traditionally used as food by the inhabitants of coastal ...
Talinum fruticosum is a herbaceous perennial plant that is native to Mexico, the Caribbean, West Africa, Central America, and much of South America.Common names include Ceylon spinach, [2] waterleaf, cariru, Gbure, Surinam purslane, Philippine spinach, Florida spinach, potherb fameflower, Lagos bologi, sweetheart, and Kutu bataw in Ghana from the Akan language [1] It is widely grown in ...
Sea purslane Halimione portulacoides: Seashores and salt marshes of western and southern Europe, and from the Mediterranean to western Asia Leaves, raw as a salad, or stir-fried [8] Hop: Humulus lupulus: Native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere: Europe, North America, Asia: Young shoots and leaves (until May), edible cooked as a vegetable [9 ...
Common purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is widely consumed as an edible plant, and in some areas it is invasive. Portulaca grandiflora is a well-known ornamental garden plant. Purslanes are relished by chickens. Some Portulaca species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the nutmeg moth (Hadula trifolii).
Portulaca oleracea (common purslane, also known as little hogweed, or pursley) [2] is an annual (actually tropical perennial in USDA growing zones 10–11) succulent in the family Portulacaceae. Description
The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is also known as the purslane family. It has a cosmopolitan distribution , with the highest diversity in semiarid regions of the Southern Hemisphere in Africa , Australia , and South America , but with a few species also extending north into Arctic regions.