Family

Molluginaceae

4 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Molluginaceae

Mollugo verticillata L.

Mollugo verticillata, or carpetweed, is a widely distributed sprawling plant with documented potential therapeutic properties.

Glinus lotoides L.

Glinus lotoides L. is an annual herb with traditional uses as medicine and food, including as a vegetable in some tropical countries.

Paramollugo nudicaulis (Lam.) Thulin

Paramollugo nudicaulis is a plant species originally native to Madagascar that spread as a weed across warmer regions of Asia, Africa, and Arabia.

Polpoda capensis J.Presl

Polpoda capensis is a flowering plant in Molluginaceae, endemic to South Africa’s Western Cape, the type species of genus Polpoda.

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