Yes Sir, I think cultivated varities have little large flowers On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes Satish ji > A very delicate vegetable, often cultivated also > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> *Portulaca oleracea * >> Common Purslane.'Bhuigoli' 'Kurfah' 'Gholu' or 'Mahagholu' घोळू >> Family : Portulacaceae >> This plant has a large distribution over the world. >> It is a common weed and can be found anywhere -in fields farms roadsides >> open spaces etc. It tolerates warm as well as cold climate. Plant is >> edible.Used as vegetable in India. It has medicinal properties too. >> Succulent herb. Leaves alternate,opposite,subopposite or whorled, ovate. >> Mostly appear clustered. >> Flowers yellow terminal solitary.petals-5. Size around 6mm >> Flowers open early on sunny mornings and remain open hardly for sometime. >> >> -- >> Dr Satish Phadke >> > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
