Sesuvium sesuvioides (Fenzl) Verdc.

A prostrate or straggling succulent annual or ? short-lived perennial herb.. Stems usually rough with warty outgrowths, not rooting at the nodes, 2–30 cm. long or more.. Leaves alternate (by reduction), subopposite, or opposite, narrowly elliptic to broadly ovate, petiolate; the blade 7–20 mm. long, 2–11 mm. wide; the petiole 3–10 mm. long, scarious-winged at the base.. Flowers solitary, 5–14 mm. long, sessile.. Calyx-lobes equal, narrowly-triangular, acute, each with a dorsal apiculus 1–2 mm. long from just below the apex, pink inside, green outside.. Stamens 5-many, free.. Ovary of 2 carpels, 2-locular; styles 2.. Seeds about 2–10 in each loculus, rugose, black.

A tropical plant. Rajasthan. It suits a salty soil. It needs a rainfall above 520 mm per year. It can grow in dry sandy areas. It grows up to about 100-700 m above sea level. It cannot tolerate frost. It can grow with temperatures between 2-41°C. It needs a water table close to the surface. It can grow in arid places.

The leaves are eaten as a green vegetable. It is eaten as a pot-herb. It is mixed with other leaves such as Cleome to make them more slimy.