Sea purslane: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Sea purslane in English is the name of a plant defined with Atriplex vestita in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Atriplex portulacoides Pall. (among others).

2) Sea purslane is also identified with Honckenya peploides It has the synonym Ammodenia peploies Rupr. (etc.).

3) Sea purslane is also identified with Sesuvium portulacastrum It has the synonym Pharnaceum rubens Adamson (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Der Botanische Garten der Universität zu Halle, Erster Nachtrag (1801)
· Flora de Veracruz (1979)
· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1899)
· Tabl. Phys. Topogr. Taur. (1795)
· Fieldiana: Botany (1983)
· Neues Magazin fur Aerzte (1783)

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