Portulaca oleracea

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Noun 1. [画像:Portulaca oleracea - weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine]Portulaca oleracea - weedy trailing mat-forming herb with bright yellow flowers cultivated for its edible mildly acid leaves eaten raw or cooked especially in Indian and Greek and Middle Eastern cuisine; cosmopolitan
purslane - a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas
genus Portulaca - genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs
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Todas as especies testadas, pertencentes a familia Poaceae, bem como picao-preto, erva-debotao, falsa-emilia, couve-cravinho, feijao-miudo, beldroega, e as cucurbitaceas, melao, abobora e melancia, nao mostraram sintomas quando inoculadas com Xcv, ate os 42 dias de avaliacao.
A vegetacao espontanea era constituida basicamente de picao preto (Bidens pilosa), capim pe-de-galinha (Eleusine indica) e leiteiro (Euphorbia heterophylla) com menores ocorrencias de braquiaria (Brachiaria decumbens), corda de viola (Ipomoea grandifolia), caruru (Amaranthus deflexus), erva de santa Luzia (Chamaisice viridis L.), trapoeraba (Commelina benghalensis), mentrasto (Ageratum conyzoides), beldroega (Portulaca oleracea), guanxuma (Sida cordifolia) e Maria pretinha (Solanum americanum Mill).

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