Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

ΌΡ‘αΗθΉ, ΚΡ§ΚιΑ Oxalis corniculata L. OXALIDACEAE 3

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Descriptions :
Herb Small herb, stems sparsely hairy; leaves alternate, not all basal; petioles articulated near base, winged below articulation; leaves trifoliolate; leaflets broadly obcordiform; the apex deeply emarginate; base broadly cuneate; leaflets very shortly petiolulate; petiole, lower leaf surface, and leaf margin sparsely hairy; inflorescence a few-flowered cyme, with a long peduncle; subulate bracteoles at base of each pedicel; calyx of 5, green, narrowly oblong sepals, hairy outside and glabrous inside; petals 5, free at base, but cohering at margins, narrowly obovate; apex rounded, sometimes erose; base shortly attenuate; stamens 5, alternate with 5 staminodes; ovaries 5, connate medially, glabrous; styles 5, free, tapering cylindrical, with appressed hairs; stigma ± capitate; fuit a loculicidally dehiscent capsule, with 5 locules, each with longitudinal row of seeds; styles 5, persistent in fruit.