Summary[
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Nyctaginaceae (four o'clock family) »
Boerhavia diffusa boer-HAH-vee-uh -- named for Hermann Boerhaave, 18th century Dutch botanist dy-FEW-sa -- loosely spreading commonly known as: hogweed, horse purslane, pigweed • Assamese: pananua • Bengali: punarnova • Gujarati: સાતૉડી satodi • Hindi: गधा कंद gadha-cand, शोथाग्नी shothagni • Kannada: komme • Konkani: पुनर्नवा punarnava • Malayalam: talutama, tavilama • Marathi: घेटोळी ghetoli, घेटूळ ghetula, खापरा khapara, खापरी khapari, पुनर्नवा punarnava, वसू vasu • Nepalese: पुनरनभा punarnabha • Sanskrit: पुनर्नवा punarnava, शोथाग्नी shothagni, वर्षाभू varshabhu • Tamil: மூக்குரட்டைக்கொடி mukkurttaikkoti • Telugu: అటకమామిడి atakamamidi, పునర్నవ punar-nava • Urdu: tukhm-i-ispast Distribution: widely naturalized, exact native range obscure References:
Flowers of India •
NPGS / GRIN •
eFlora. Date: 31 December 2011, 09:33. Source:
Horse Purslane. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. Camera location
15° 17′ 22.48″ N, 73° 54′ 36.68″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 15.289577; 73.910188.