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📚 Overview
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Herbs
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Prostrate herbs with creeping stem, rooting at lower nodes. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate; leaflets 0.5-1.5 x 0.6-2 cm, broadly obcordate, base cuneate, apex emarginate; petioles 1.5-3 cm long. Flowers yellow, solitary or in axillary umbels; peduncles 4-10 cm long; pedicels 0.5-1 cm long; bracts 2, 3-4 mm long, linear-lanceolate. Sepals 5, 2-3 mm long, ovate-lanceolate. Petals 5, 5-6 x 3-4 mm, ovate-lanceolate. Stamens 10, in two rows. Ovary 5-celled; ovules many; styles 5, distinct. Capsules 0.8-1.5 x 0.3-0.5 cm, linear, puberulous outside. Seeds many, minute, brown.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Habit: A small branched, diffuse herb, upto 20cm.
Keystone Foundation
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Life Cycle
Flowering: June-August. Fruiting: September-October
Komor, P. & Devi, O.S. 2016. Edible bioresources & livelihoods. Assam State Biodiversity Board, Guwahati. pp. 283
Cyclicity
Flowering:Rainy season
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
Fl.& Fr.: June –November
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Flowering and fruiting: March-December
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Reproduction
Seeds
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Morphology
Flower
In axillary pseudo-umbels, 1-6-flowered; yellow. Flowering throughout the year.
Fruit
An oblong capsule, tapering above, puberulous; seeds many, ovoid or ellipsoid, transversely ridged. Fruiting throughout the year.
Field tips
Branchlets creeping, rooting at nodes, softly pilose.
Leaf Arrangement
Caulescent
Leaf Type
Digitate
Leaf Shape
Obcordate
Leaf Apex
Emarginate
Leaf Base
Cuneate
Leaf Margin
Entire
Keystone Foundation
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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A prostrate herb, branchlets creeping, rooting in nodes. The trifoliate leaves are subdivided into three rounded leaflets and resemble a clover in shape. The leaves are greenish purple in colour and have inconspicuous stipules at the base of each petiole. They are arranged alternately along the stems. A single long stalk arises from the axils of the leaf from which extend three flower stalks, each with a single flower. The flowers are about 7-umm wide and have 5 yellow petals. The fruit is a capsule, 1-2 cm long, cylindric, pointed apically and 5-ridged in cross section
Komor, P. & Devi, O.S. 2016. Edible bioresources & livelihoods. Assam State Biodiversity Board, Guwahati. pp. 283
A prostrate herb, branchlets creeping, rooting at nodes. Leaves digitately trifoliate.Generally found in damp and open shady places as weed
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
Stems creeping , rooting at nodes. Leaves palmately tri-foliolate; leaflets 3-15 8-12mm, broadly obcordate, apex emarginated, base cuneate; petioles 3-8cm; stipules adnate to the petioles. Flowers in pedunculate, subumbellate cymes, 1-4 flowered, 8-10mm across, yellow.
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Degraded forests also in the Plains
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Forests, grasslands, moist places, irrigation channels
Degraded forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Common in fallow fields. Optimum size in shade at higher altitudes. Found upto 500m. Widely spread.
Keystone Foundation
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Global Distribution
India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Kashmir, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Manipur, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh; South Europe
Indian Distribution
Throughout Assam
Global Distribution
Cosmopolitan
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Satara, Sindhudurg
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Found along roadsides, fallow fields and disturbed areas of above 500m. Common. Cosmopolitan.
Keystone Foundation
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Risk Statement
Common
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Protection Legal Status
It is found growing wild in the tropical forest
Sanjib Barua
| Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Unani
Traditional chinese medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Unani, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1576
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Young shoots and leaves are consumed as vegetables
Nutritional Value
The leaves contains about 86% water; carbohydrates 0.82mg; protein 0.23gm; total fat 0.08mg; vitamin C 78mg; niacin 0.6mg; calcium 150mg; iron 8mg, phosphorus 78mg & beta-carotene, per 100gm
Komor, P. & Devi, O.S. 2016. Edible bioresources & livelihoods. Assam State Biodiversity Board, Guwahati. pp. 283
Young shoots & leaves are used as vegetable. It is mildly acidic. The plant is also highly considered medicinal in dysentery and blood pressure. It is suitable with small fish
Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Leaves edible after cooking.
Keystone Foundation
| Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Folklore
The plant is highly considered medicinal in dysentery and blood pressure. Local people enjoyed this herb with small fish as delicacy. Consumed for its rich content of Vitamin C. The whole plant is antihelmintic, antiphlogistic and diuretic properties. It is also used in the treatment of influenza, fever, urinary tract infections, diarrhoea, traumatic injuries etc
Komor, P. & Devi, O.S. 2016. Edible bioresources & livelihoods. Assam State Biodiversity Board, Guwahati. pp. 283
Indigenous Information: Leaf juice is used to remove the Artocarpus heterophyllus latex from hands.
Keystone Foundation
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1576
- Oxalis corniculata L. var. hispida Blatt., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 34: 898. 1931.
- Oxalis corniculata L., Sp. Pl. 435. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 436. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 132(94). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 55. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 101. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 38. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 77. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 89. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 98. 1990; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 95. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 96. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 48. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 76. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 49. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 63. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 115. 1997; Manna in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 242. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 44. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 51. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 41. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 128. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 105. 2005; N.P. Balakr. & W. Arisdason in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 577. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 151. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 179. 2009.
- Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. &
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1576
- Oxalis corniculata L. var. hispida Blatt., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 34: 898. 1931.
- Oxalis corniculata L., Sp. Pl. 435. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 436. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 132(94). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 55. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 101. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 38. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 77. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 89. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 98. 1990; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 95. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 96. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 48. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 76. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 49. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 63. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 115. 1997; Manna in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 242. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 44. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 51. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 41. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 128. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 105. 2005; N.P. Balakr. & W. Arisdason in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 577. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 151. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 179. 2009.
- Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. &
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Oxalidales |
| Family | Oxalidaceae |
| Genus | Oxalis |
| Species | Oxalis corniculata L. |
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