Talinum triangulare

Talinum triangulare

Waterleaf is a short-lived, erect, strongly branched, perennial plant with succulent stems 30 - 100cm tall growing from swollen, fleshy roots. The plant is often harvsted from the wild for local use as a food. It is also cultivated in various parts of the tropics for its edible leaves, being grown on a particularly large scale in Africa. It is sometimes planted as an ornamental pot plant or as an edging plant in gardens.

Uses

Measles, Diabetes.

Parts Used

Leaves, Flowers.

Chemical Composition

It contains bioactive compounds namely flavonoids (69.80±4.42 mg/100 g and 58.33 ± 9.00 mg/100 g), alkaloids (55.56±5.00 mg/100 g and 13.89±5.00 mg/100 g), saponins (1.48±0.20 mg/100 g and 1.37±0.60 mg/100 g) and tannins.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil	Sambar keerai
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English	Ceylon Spinach, Waterleaf

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Perennial

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

Flower

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Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

Other features

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings of young shoots.

How to plant/cultivate

Grows best in the moist humid conditions of lowland tropical areas, though it can succeed at elevations up to 1,000 metres.

Commonly seen growing in areas

On roadsides, Waste places, Forest edges.

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External Links

• Talinum triangulare on prota4u.org
• Talinum triangulare on sciencedirect.com