EPPO Global Database

Sesuvium portulacastrum(SSVPO)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-03-17

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: SSVPO
  • Preferred name: Sesuvium portulacastrum
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Linnaeus

Notes

Widespread in salt marshes in tropical countries: India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia, China, Japan, Sénégal to Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Zaïre, East Africa, Somalia, Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, Madagascar, USA (southern), Mexico, Caribbean, Central America, South America, New Guinea, Australia (except South, Victoria, Tasmania)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Portulaca portulacastrum Linnaeus
Sesuvium sessile Persoon

Common names
Name Language
sea purslane English
seaside purslane English
seaside samphire English
shoreline seapurslane English (US)
western seapurslane English (US)
Meerportulak German
sésuvie faux-pourpier French
cencilla Spanish
cenicienta Spanish (HN)
hierba de vidrio Spanish
litho Spanish (BO)
verdolaga rosada Spanish
hamamizuna Japanese
hamasuberihiyu Japanese
ハマスベリヒユ Japanese
ハマミズナ Japanese
сезувиум порфирозвёздный Russian
jadu-palang Bengali
hǎi mǎ chǐ shǔ Chinese
海马齿属 Chinese