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Specimen profile
Purslane
Portulaca oleracea · Portulacaceae
Skt · LonikaHindi · KulfaMal · Koluppa CheeraTam · Paruppu Keerai
Succulent wild green - the richest plant source of omega-3 fats, used traditionally as a cooling leaf vegetable.
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Purslane is a prostrate succulent annual regarded as a weed and prized green at once. Ayurvedic literature (Lonika) describes it as a cooling, slightly salty-sour leaf used for urinary irritation and heat disorders. It is the highest known plant source of alpha-linolenic acid and is eaten fresh or cooked across India, the Mediterranean and China.
Identification markers
Smooth, fleshy prostrate succulent with reddish branching stems, wedge-shaped spoon-like fleshy leaves, small yellow flowers that open in sunshine, and tiny seeds in capsular fruits.
Rasa
Madhura, Amla, Lavana
Guna
Guru, Snigdha
Virya
Sheeta
Vipaka
Madhura
Dosha effect
VP-, K+
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