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
The fresh juice of the leaves and stems is applied externally as a lotion to snake and insect bites, burns, scalds and eczema
Scientific Classification:-
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