Portulaca oleracea




Family Portulacaceae
Scientific name Portulaca oleracea L.
Synonyms Portulaca fosbergii Poellnitz; Portulaca fosbergii Poellnitz var. major Poellnitz; Portulaca hortensis Ruprecht; Portulaca latifolia Hornemann; Portulaca marginata Kunth; Portulaca neglecta Mackenzie & Bush; Portulaca officinarum Crantz; Portulaca oleracea L. forma alba Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma aurantia Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma aurea Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma caryophyllina Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma gillesii Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma haageana Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma parvifolia (Haworth) Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma rosea Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma sativa (de Candolle) Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma sulfurea Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. forma violacea Alefeld; Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. granulatostellulata (Poellnitz) Danin & H. Baker; Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. nicaraguensis Danin & H. Baker; Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. nitida Danin & H. Baker; Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. papillatostellulata Danin & H. Baker; Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. sativa (de Candolle) Celakovsky; Portulaca oleracea L. subsp. sylvestris Thellung; Portulaca oleracea L. var. gracilescens Domin; Portulaca oleracea L. var. granulatostellulata Poellnitz; Portulaca oleracea L. var. micrantha Eggers; Portulaca oleracea L. var. parvifolia (Haworth) Grisebach; Portulaca oleracea L. var. sativa de Candolle; Portulaca oleracea L. var. sylvestris de Candolle; Portulaca olitoria Pallas; Portulaca parvifolia Haworth; Portulaca retusa Engelmann; Portulaca sativa Haworth; Portulaca suffruticosa Thwaites; Portulaca sylvestris Montandon
Common name (Japanese common name) suberi-hiyu [glossy cockscomb]
(English common name) little hogweed, pig-weed, common-purslane, porcelain
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) wirldwide
Chromosomal number 2n=18, 36, 54
Description Plants 15-30cm long. Leaves 10-25mm long. Flowers yellow, flowering in June to September. Annual plants.
Reference Portulaca oleracea L.
Portulaca oleracea Linnaeus
Portulaca oleracea L.
Synergistic herbicidal compositions comprising colletotrichum truncatum and chemical herbicides (US Patent 4775405/1988)
Portulaca oleracea and tumor cell growth (US Patent 5869060/1999)
Herbicidal composition and a method of using a naturally-occurring organic compound as a herbicide (US Patent 6602824/2003)
Chickweed bioherbicides (US Patent 7141407/2006)
Use of purslane to treat facial wrinkles (US Patent 7060303/2006)
Lipolysis stimulator (US Patent 7300675/2007)
Compositions derived from Portulaca oleracea L. and methods of using same for modulating blood glucose levels (WIPO Patent WO/2005/060349)
The use of medicinal plants and extracts thereof for the well^being of animals in veterinary medicine and zootechnics (WIPO Patent WO/2006/013001)
Antimicrobial composition containing natural extract, nand silver and natural essential oil (WIPO Patent WO/2006/109898)



September 2006
at rice paddy
September 2006
at rice paddy
September 2006
at rice paddy