Sesuvium portulacastrum is a sprawling perennial herb that grows in coastal areas throughout much of the world. It is commonly known as shoreline purslane[2] or (ambiguously) "sea purslane," in English, dampalit in Tagalog and 海马齿sl in chinese.
Sesuvium portulacastrum is a sprawling perennial herb up to 30 centimetres (12in) high, with thick, smooth stems up to 1 metre (3.3ft) long. It has smooth, fleshy, glossy green leaves that are linear or lanceolate, from 10–70 millimetres (0.39–2.76in) long and 2–15 millimetres (0.079–0.591in) wide. Flowers are pink or purple.[3][4]
Taxonomy
It was first published as Portulaca portulacastrum by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.[5] Six years later Linnaeus transferred it into Sesuvium,[6] and it has remained at that name ever since, with the exception of an unsuccessful 1891 attempt by Otto Kuntze to transfer the species into a new genus as Halimus portulacastrum.[7]
Distribution and habitat
Sesuvium portulacastrum grows in sandy clay, coastal limestone and sandstone, tidal flats and salt marshes,[4] throughout much of the world. It is native to Africa, Asia, Australia, Hawai`i, North America and South America, and has naturalised in many places where it is not indigenous.[8]
Atsara, a Philippine condiment often featuring dampalit
Chemistry and medicine
Fatty acid composition:-
palmitic acid (31.18%), oleic acid (21.15%), linolenic acid (14.18%) linoleic acid (10.63%), myristic acid (6.91%) and behenic acid (2.42%)
The plant extract showed antibacterial and anticandidal activities and moderate antifungal activity.[9]
Human consumption
Sesuvium portulacastrum is eaten in the Philippines, where it is called dampalit in Tagalog and "bilang" or "bilangbilang" in the Visayan language.[10] The plant is primarily pickled and eaten as atchara (sweet traditional pickles).
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sesuvium portulacastrum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
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Chandrasekaran M., Senthilkumar A., Venkatesalu V "Antibacterial and antifungal efficacy of fatty acid methyl esters from the leaves of Sesuvium portulacastrum L. ". European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences. 15 (7) (pp 775-780), 2011.
Jes B. Tirol's Kapulongnan Binisaya-Ininglis/Dictionary Bisaya-English, p. 71, 2010
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