Picture of talinum:

Portulaceae, an annual or perennial herb of Radix Ginseng, is 1 cm high. The taproot is conical, the stem is erect, fleshy, the leaves are alternate or nearly opposite, the leaves are slightly fleshy, obovate or obovate-oblong, the top is acute, sometimes slightly concave, with a short tip, the base is narrowly wedge-shaped and entire.

Panicles are terminal or axillary, with small flowers, green or reddish involucral bracts, round bracts, membranous bracts, lanceolate, acute tips, ovate sepals, purplish red, caducous; Petals are pink or purplish red, style is linear, ovary is ovoid, capsule is nearly spherical, seeds are numerous, oblate, flowering in June-July and bearing fruit in September-October.

Extended information

talinum likes a warm and humid climate, which is resistant to high temperature and humidity and cold. The optimum temperature for seed germination is 2~25℃, and the optimum temperature for plant growth is 25 ~ 3℃, which can withstand high temperature above 36℃.

at 15℃, it grows slowly, and the aboveground part dies when it encounters frost; Perennial roots can withstand the low temperature of ℃ or -5℃ for a short time, and like light, but they are also resistant to shade, and the stem and leaf growth period requires sufficient water. Talinum has strong resistance to adversity, poor tolerance and wide adaptability to soil, but it is suitable to cultivate in loose loam with rich organic matter content.

It is native to tropical America and distributed in West Africa, tropical South America and Southeast Asia. China, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.