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  • COMMON NAME: hairy purslane, Barbeer, Chicken Weed, purslane.
  • ARABIC: بقله صغير، رجله
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Portulaca quadrifida L.
  • SYNONYMS: P. linfifolia
  • FAMILY: PORTULACACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fodder (F) Landscape (L) Apiculture (A)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs Succulent
  • HABITATS: Terrace Wadi Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony)
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production.
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://www.floraofqatar.com/portulaca_quadrifida.htm https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:699334-1 Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003.
Highly salt tolerant. grazable herb, used for greening of waterfront areas, also used in folk medicine. Ground with salt applied to swellings and wounds to draw out pus. Leaves have a diuretic effect. Honey nectar plants.

A small, annual, succulent herb with adventitious roots from the lower nodes. Stems diffuse or prostrate, up to 10 cm long, glabrous, jointed, swollen at nodes, Branches alternate. Leaves 1-1.5 cm long and 0.2-0.5 cm broad, opposite, glabrous, ovate to lanceolate, acute; petioles very short; nodal appendages pilose. Flowers small, solitary, terminal, surrounded by 4 leaves broad, yellow, obovate, united with sepals at base. Stamens 8-12, filaments filiform, unequal. Style 0.3 cm long, thickened above; stigmas 4. Capsule small, more or less tetragonus, acute at apex, circumscissile. Seeds small, reniform, dull-black. Flowering from March-December.  

Farms, gardens, roadside, mountain slopes and wadies.
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