Oxalis pubescens
Oxalis pubescens
MH350 : Oxalis pubescens Kunth
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 8 |
| Synonym | : | Oxalis spiralis Ruiz & Pav. ex G. Don.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Puliyarai |
| Plant Family | : | Oxalidaceae |
| Description | : | Herbs, procumbent, rooting at nodes. Leaves elongate, acute, ca 5 mm long, hairy; petioles 4 - 7 cm long, sparsely hairy; stipules oblong; leaflets 3-foliolate, unequal; median leaflet obcordate, ca 2.5 cm x 1.5 cm, membranous, very sparsely hairy above. appressed-hairy beneath. Cymes umbelliform with irregular branches with flowers arranged in a pseudo-raceme; peduncles axillary, solitary, 15 - 17 cm long, arising chiefly towards apices of stem. Pedicels hairy, 5 - 7 mm long; bracts subulate, minute, 2 - 3 mm long, pubescent. Sepals 5, lanceolate, acute, ca 4 mm x l mm, pubescent, membranous, persistent. Petals 5, twice as long as sepals, ca 8 mm long, connate in middle, bases and apices free, orange-yellow. Stamens 10,5 long and 5 short, glabrous. Ovary sessile, oblong but tapering towards top, glabrous, 5-lobed, 5-locular; styles 5, erect, capillary, pubescent; stigmas 5. Fl. & Fr. Aug. - Jan. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Chikhaldara, higher plateau |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat.
- http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=3600&type=4
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/264371 |
| Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Geraniales |
| Family | : Oxalidaceae - Wood-Sorrel family |
| Genus | : Oxalis L. - woodsorrel |
| Species | : Oxalis pubescens |