Oxalis corniculata

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Photographs by: Dr. Maulik Gadani

Botanical Name : Oxalis corniculata L.
Common Name : Changeri, Ambati, Creeping Wood Sorrel, Creeping Oxalis
Plant Family : Oxalidaceae
Plant Form : Herb
Occurrence (Sectors) : 18, 19, 27
Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra

Habit : Annual or perennial herbs with stems prostrate or suberect, rooting at the nodes.
Leaves : Trifoliate, leaflets often cuneate-obcordate, small, petioles much longer than the leaflets.
Flowers : Axillary on fairly long peduncles. Flowers pale yellow.
Fruits : An elongated capsule, beaked, hairy. Seeds brown or reddish-brown, ovoid or ellipsoid, transversely ridged.
Flowering and Fruiting Time : Most of the year.
Significance :
- The leaves are mildly acid and very refreshing.
- An infusion of the whole plant is given as a febrifuge, and as an external application to remove opacities of the cornea.
- The plant is famous as a cure for scurvy.