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CLASSIFICATION

TAXON

Oxalis corniculata L.

FAMILY

Oxalidaceae R. Br.

ALTERNATE FAMILY

nom. cons.

GENUS

Oxalis L.

SPECIES

corniculata L. Sp. pl. 1:435. 1753

Plant Description

Plants creeping, pubescent, rooting at the nodes. Leaflets 4-15 long, 8-32 mm broad, obcordate, pilose-tomentose. Flowers solitary or in 2-5 flowered axillary umbels. Pedicel 5-15 mm long, deflexed in fruit. Bracts 3-5, linear. Sepals 5, linear lanceolate, pilose. Petals 5, yellow. Filaments glabrous. Carpels 5, pubescent; styles longer than the shorter stamens. Capsule 1-2.5 cm long, subcylindric, pubescent. Seeds 1.5 mm long, brown, transversely ribbed.

Flowering Period: March December.

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STUDIES & RESEARCH

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