| Family Name | Portulacaceae |
| Scientific name | portulaca oleracea |
| Common name | 馬齒菜、五行草 |
| Growth habit | Annual small succulent herb |
| Leaf | Obovate wedge-shaped leaves Opposite or alternative leaves Easily broken green - brown in colour, flat and obtuse at apex or emarginate |
| Flower | bloom yellow flowers in summer small 3 to 5 branch side, petals of 5 |
| Fruit | Capsule conical, fissure lid containing lots of small seeds micro - gas, slightly acidic taste |
| More to learn | Purslane contains rich nutrients, especially vitamins and minerals such as calcium, iron, vitamin A, vitamin C, riboflavin. Ω-3 fatty acid content accounted for the first in leafy green vegetables. Purslane are called longevity vegetables in general public purslane can be used to make salad, fried with pork, also made into soup together with egg and pork. In Japan, Residents in Yamagata Prefecture, eat it as a vegetable salad. Avoid to cook with pepper, must not be eaten by pregnant women |
| Properties | Sweet and sour, cool, non-toxic. Detoxify, scattered blood and detumescence, dehumidification,stop dysentery, diuresis , thirst-quenching . |
| Treats | Dysentery, sore carbuncle swollen poison, Ecthyma, diabetes , difficulty in urination, diphtheria, prolonged cough, Enterobius vermicularis, male scrotum eczema women _ vaginal discharge, uterine bleeding, bleeding hemorrhoids, sores. |
| Reference | Different names and Plant profile on portulaca oleracea Plant profile on portulaca oleracea Gallery and Plant profile on portulaca oleracea |