| Accepted name: |
Oxalis corniculata L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Oxalis repens Thunb.
-Oxalis micrantha Boj.
-Xanthoxalis corniculata (L.) Small
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| English names: |
Yellow Procumbent Wood-sorrel
Creeping Wood-sorrel
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| French names: |
Oxalide cornue
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Geraniales
Family: Oxalidaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HOXACO
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion taken and used as a wash for children with hookworms. Cold infusion of leaf taken to stop vomiting.Used for cancer "when it is first started." Infusion taken for blood. Leaves chewed for "disordered saliva" and sore mouth. Salve of infusion of leaf mixed with sheep grease used for sores. Chewed for sore throat(*7)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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