Creeping oxalis
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Scientific name
Oxalis corniculata L.
English Name
Creeping oxalis
Malayalam name
പുളിയാറില
Common name
Indian Sorrel
Description
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Degraded forests, also in the plains
- Leaves : trifoliate, thin and heart shaped
- Flowers : 6-12 mm wide and have 5 yellow petals
- Seeds : Oval, rounded, basally pointed, flattened, light brown, and distinctly ridged.
- Stem : is slender in shape and covered with soft short hairs
How to use
- Dyspeptic patients. : Fresh leaves made into a curry are said to improve appetite and digestion of dyspeptic patients.
- Eye problem : An infusion of the leaves is used externally to remove opacities of the cornea.
Parts used
Whole plant
Uses
Cooling, Antiseptic, Astringent, Appetizer
Propagation & Cultivation
It grows in arable and waste lands.A very easily grown plant, succeeding in a sandy soil in a warm dry position.It prefers dry open habitats
Spreading rapidly by seed.The plant flowers and fruits all year round
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