Ceylon Spinach

Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Wilid. Sp. PI. 2: 862. 1800
^Portulaca frulicosa L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 1045. 1759. Porlulaca triangularis Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 22. 1760. Portulaca racemosa L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 640. 1 7<>2.
a triangularis Ehrh. Beitr. 3: 134. 1788. Talinum crassifolium Willd. Sp. PI. 2: 862. 1800. Talinum fruticosum Willd. Sp. PI. 2: 864. 1800. Talinum Anclrewsii Sweet, Hort. Brit. 170. 1826. ( alandrinia Andrewsii Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2. 219. 1830. Talinum racemosum Rohrb. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 14 2 : 297. 1872. Claylonia triangularis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 56. 1891. Talinum triangulare purpureum Goyena. Fl. Nicar. 303. 1909. Talinum attenualum Rose & Standley, Contr. I". S. Nat Herb. 13: 286. 1911. Talinum confusum Rose & Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 13: 287. 1911.
Talinum diffusum Rose & Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 13: 287. 191 1. Not T. diffusum Colla. 1834.
An herb, sometimes 6 dm. tall, with often stout, fleshy, simple or branched stems; leafblades oblanceolate to obovate, 2-8 cm. long, 1-3.5 cm. broad, rounded or acute at the apex, tapering at the base into the petiole; inflorescence a fewto many-flowered raceme or cyme; pedicels 7-11 mm. long, 3-angled; sepals lanceolate-ovate to broadly ovate or nearly oval, 5-6 mm. long, 3-4.2 mm. broad, cuspidate, persistent; petals broadly elliptic to oval, 7-10 mm. long, 5-6 mm. broad, purplish, pink, or yellow; stamens about 30; capsule subglobose, 4.5-6 mm. in diameter; seeds black, O.S-0.9 mm. wide, minutely striolate, shining.
Type locality: West Indies.
Distribution: Florida Keys; West Indies: Mexico; Central America; also in South America