Lalithamba ji's image of Talinum cuneifolium Willd. (syn. of *Talinum portulacifolium *(Forssk.) Asch. ex Schweinf.) on Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/45835639@N04/5096292425/> and Useful tropical plants <http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Talinum+portulacifolium#com3201> should be of *Talinum fruticosum* <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/species/m---z/t/talinaceae/talinum/talinum-fruticosum> as per keys and details herein. There is lot of confusion in net between the two. Finally I could get keys between the two at Prota4U as below: *Talinum triangulare* is sometimes confused with *Talinum portulacifolium*, but the latter differs by its paniculate inflorescence with terete axis, sepals not prominently veined and smooth seeds as per Prota4U <https://www.prota4u.org/database/protav8.asp?g=pe&p=Talinum+triangulare+(Jacq.)+Willd.> (*Talinum triangulare* (Jacq.) Willd. syn. of *Talinum fruticosum* (L.) Juss.) *Talinum portulacifolium* is sometimes confused with *Talinum triangulare*, which is also used as a vegetable. The latter species differs in its pink flowers arranged in cymes on triangular stalks, sepals prominently 3-veined and tuberculate seeds as per Prota4U <https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Talinum_portulacifolium_(PROTA)> (*Talinum portulacifolium*)
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