EPPO Global Database

Portulaca quadrifida(PORQU)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PORQU
  • Preferred name: Portulaca quadrifida
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (Myanmar), Malesia, China, Africa (practically throughout), New Guinea. Introduced in Caribbean, Guyana


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Portulaca meridiana C.Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
chicken weed English
wild purslane English
poupyé doub French
pourpier marron French
hierba de pollo Spanish
chota-nunya Bengali
sì bàn mǎ chǐ xiàn Chinese
四瓣马齿苋 Chinese
paviri Hindi