Sesuvium portulacastrum (PROSEA)
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Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.
- Family: Aizoaceae
Vernacular names
- Samphire, seaside purslane (En). Pourpier maritime (Fr)
- Indonesia: gelang pasir, gelang laut (Java), karokot (Madura)
- Malaysia: gelang laut, sepit
- Philippines: dampalit (Tagolog), bilang-bilang (Bisaya), kokobarangka (Tagbanua)
- Cambodia: 'ânluëk preah
- Thailand: phakbia-thale (central), phaengphuai-thale (southern)
- Vietnam: hải châu, phiên hạch.
Distribution
Pantropical.
Uses
The very salty plants can be eaten after repeated boiling in fresh water.
Observations
Creeping, succulent, perennial herb, up to about 80 cm long. Stems often reddish and rooting at the nodes. Leaves narrow and fleshy, linear-lanceolate, 1-7 cm × 0.6-1.5 cm. Flowers with numerous pinkish filaments. On seashores and in tidal mud.
Selected sources
7, 13, 33, 66, 91.