Naturalised
Spreading , prostrate annual , often tinged red ; up to 30cm . Leaves oval , fleshy , with entire margins . Flowers yellow with a notch at the top , open in the morning only . Fruit an oval capsule with many tiny seeds .
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Portulaca hortensis Rupr.
Portulaca officinarum Crantz
Portulaca oleracea var. sylvestris DC.
Portulaca oleracea subsp. sylvestris Čelak.
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Common purslane, Pigweed, Purslain, Purslane, Pusky, Pusley, Wild purslane
In Southern Oman, the whole plant is edible - roots, flowers, leaves, seeds, and stems. It was either eaten raw or was cooked beriefly and added as a relish to the main grain dish, or was mixed into soured milk or any other sharp-flavoured liquid. It was considered to be very good for the body, cleansing the blood and purifying the whole system, as well as having a mildly diuretic action. In the north of Oman the plant was also used medicinally - the leaves were made into a poultice to treat whitlows and ulceration of the skin (Ref. Plants of Dhofar).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387.*https://en.wikipedia.org *https://swbiodiversity.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Photographic Field Guide to the Plants of the Western Hajar Mountains, Sultanate of Oman: with a complete checklist of vascular plant species. Sultan Qaboos University – Academic Publication and Outreach Department. P.O Pox (17) Postal Code (123), Muscat, Al khoudh, Sultanate of Oman. *Pickering, H. Patzelt, A. (2008). Field Guide to the Wild Plants of Oman.
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