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Portulaca grandiflora (Moss rose)

Hindi name:- नोनिया/Nonia Urdu:- Gul-e shama गुले शमा  Botanical Name:- Portulaca grandiflora Family:- Portulacaceae (Purslane family) Common Name:- Moss rose, Portulaca, including rose moss, eleven o'clock, Mexican rose, sun rose, rock rose, and moss rose purslane. By:- @iaamgaurav Kota, Rajasthan Partulaca is a prostrate, trailing, multi branched annual with semisucculent stems and leaves. It is a very common house plant in sunny places in India. The reddish stems and the bright green leaves are thick and soft and juicy. 🌿 leaves are cylindrical. The roselike flowers are come in bright colors like rose pink, red, yellow, white, and orange. Some are striped or spotted with contrasting colors. flowers are borne on the stem tips, and they open only during bright sunlight, closing at night and on cloudy days.   Medicinal Uses:- The entire plant is depurative   It is used in the treatment of hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver with ascites, swelling and pain in the pharynx T ...