Portulacaceae FAMILY
Portulaca lutea
Portulaca lutea
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Portulaca lutea is an evergreen, perennial, succulent herb with prostrate or sub-ascending stems that are usually 15 - 30cm long but occasionally up to 70cm.. The edible shoots are sometimes gathered from the wild for local consumption.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangePacific Islands - New Caledonia eastwards to Pitcairn Island and north to several Equatorial Archipelagos.
HabitatCoastal areas from sea level to 40 metres[ 399 Title Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database Publication Author Website http://pdcs.ctahr.hawaii.edu:591/hawnprop/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Detailed information on the propagation of a wide range of Hawaiian plants. ]. Sand or coral beaches, or in small pockets on rough limestone rocks, at or near sea level[ 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].