Talinaceae
Ceylon spinach
Talinum fruticosum
- Family
- Talinaceae
- Genus
- Talinum
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Common names
By language (11)
- bik
- Talinom
- Chinese
- 棱軸土人蔘, 棱轴土人参, 假人参, 稜軸土人參, 土人参, 稜軸假人參
- English
- Ceylon spinach
- Indonesian
- Kolesom
- Japanese
- サンカクハゼラン
- Javanese
- Ginsèng jawa
- Kannada
- ನೆಲಬಸಳೆ
- Malay
- Pokok Kolesom
- Malayalam
- സാമ്പാർ ചീര, സാമ്പാർചീര
- sg
- Tëtëmbë
- Tamil
- செடிப்பசலை
Synonyms
- Calandrinia andrewsii (Sweet) Sweet
- Calandrinia lockhartii Sweet
- Calandrinia pachypoda Diels
- Claytonia triangularis (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Claytonia triangularis var. crassifolia (Jacq.) Kuntze
- Portulaca crassicaule Jacq.
- Portulaca crassifolia Jacq.
- Portulaca fruticosa L.
- Portulaca racemosa L.
- Portulaca triangularis Jacq.
- Ruelingia triangularis (Jacq.) Ehrh.
- Talinum andrewsii Sweet
- Talinum attenuatum Rose & Standl.
- Talinum confusum Rose & Standl.
- Talinum crassifolium (Jacq.) Willd.
- Talinum mucronatum Kunth
- Talinum racemosum (L.) Rohrb.
- Talinum revolutum Kunth
- Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd.
- Talinum triangulare var. purpureum Ram.Goyena
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sofie Meeus, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Helio Lourencini, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Iago Alves da Silva, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ithinkmynameis, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Domínguez-Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: parithi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.