Talinum paniculatum

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Title

Talinum paniculatum

Subject

Taxonomy

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliophyta

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Talinaceae

Genus: Talinum

Species: Talinum paniculatum

Common name 
Ginseng Jawa (Malay), Fameflower (English)

Description

Characteristic
It is a herb or subshrub perennial up to 1.5m tall

Morphology
Elliptic to obovate leaves are up to 12 cm long with narrow stems that are sometimes reddish. Flowers are typically red or pink, but can also be orange, purple or yellow. They are arranged in branched clusters known as panicles.

Medicinal uses 
Javanese Ginseng leaves contain calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium and zinc and have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. It is also said to be good symptoms of menopause

Distribution
The native range of distribution for this species is in tropical and subtropical America. But this species are easily found in several habitats comprising, moist to dry woodlands and savannas also desert scrub, grasslands, beaches, flats, mounds, slopes, ledges in sand, clay, limestone, sandstone, igneous, often rocky soils and crevices


IUCN Category List
Not Evaluated (NE)

Source

  • Park, J., Song, H., Kim, S. K., Lee, M. S., Rhee, D. K., & Lee, Y. (2017). Effects of ginseng on two main sex steroid hormone receptors: estrogen and androgen receptors. Journal of Ginseng Research, 41(2), 215-221

  • https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/43285
  • https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1007146-2
  • https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/2/4/2494

Date

3 May 2023

Contributor

Khalis Sharhana binti Zulkipli

Citation

“Talinum paniculatum,” BIDARA, accessed February 4, 2026, https://bidara.uthm.edu.my/items/show/972.

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