Talinum fruticosum
Gen. Pl., 312. 1789.
Basionym: Portulaca fruticosa Linnaeus Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1045. 1759
Synonyms: Portulaca triangularis Jacquin Talinum triangulare (Jacquin) Willdenow
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 503.
Plants to 15 dm. Stems usually stout. Leaves to 9 cm; blade obovate to oblanceolate, base attenuate. Inflorescences racemose or cymose. Flowers: sepals persistent, lanceolate to ovate, 5–6 mm; petals purplish, pink, or white, sometimes yellow, elliptic to ovate, 7–13 mm; stamens 20–35; stigma 1, 3-lobed; pedicel triquetrous, distally thickened, to 12 mm. Capsules subglobose, 4–6 mm; exocarp and endocarp usually not separating after dehiscence, valves wholly deciduous. 2n = 24, 48.
Phenology: Flowering and fruiting year-round.
Habitat: Pinelands, hammocks, and disturbed areas, sandy soils
Elevation: 0-100 m
Distribution
Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Africa
Discussion
Talinum fruticosum is a primarily tropical species that may not be native in the flora area. In western Africa, the leaves are eaten as a potherb.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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oblong +
round +
attenuate +
occasionally dentate;crisped +
subglobose +
separating +
separating +
persistent +
differentiated +
separating +
separating +
differentiated +
pedicellate +
irregular +
symmetric +
dehiscent +
3[-5]-carpellate +
cymose +
racemose +
spikelike +
not clasping +
plurilocular +
superior +
1-many +
triquetrous +
thickened +
short;elongate +
absent +
fugacious +
distinct +
absent +
rarely;5 +
Gen. Pl., +
1789 +
tuberous +
lustrous +
striolate;tuberculate +
strophiolate +
black +
many +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
persistent +
distinct +
2;9 +
lanceolate;ovate +
opposite +
distinct +
stout +
suffrutescent +
erect +
3-lobed +
branched +
absent +
Talinum fruticosum +
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deciduous +
erect +
caulescent +
perennial +
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