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<big>''[[Talinum triangulare]]'' (Jacq.) Willd.</big>
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:Protologue: Sp. pl. 2: 862 (1799).
== Vernacular names ==
*Waterleaf, talinum, Ceylon spinach (En). *Grassé, pourpier tropical (Fr). *Beldroega graúda, lustrosa grande (Po).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
== Description ==
*Erect, glabrous perennial herb up to 80(–100) cm tall, usually strongly branched; roots swollen and fleshy; stem succulent, obtuse-angular to terete. *Leaves alternate, simple, almost sessile, succulent; stipules absent; blade obovate to spatulate, 3–15 cm × 1–6 cm, base long-tapering, apex rounded to notched, mucronate, entire, venation pinnate, indistinct. *Inflorescence a terminal cyme on a triangular stalk up to 12 cm long. *Flowers bisexual, regular; pedicel c. 1 cm long, recurving in fruit; sepals 2, free, with 3 prominent veins; petals 5, free, obovate, up to 1 cm long, pink; stamens numerous; ovary superior, 1-celled, style slender, with 3-branched stigma exceeding stamens. *Fruit a globose to ellipsoid capsule 4–7 mm long, 3-valved, elastically dehiscent, many-seeded. *Seeds compressed globose-reniform, c. 1 mm long, tuberculate, shining black.
== Other botanical information ==
== Author(s) ==
* D.A. Fontem , Faculty of Agriculture, University of Dschang, P.O. Box 208, Dschang, Cameroon * R.R. Schippers
* R.R. Schippers, De Boeier 7, 3742 GD Baarn, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
