Oxalis corniculata L. - creeping woodsorrel
MH030 : Oxalis corniculata L.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 67 |
| Synonym | : | Oxalis foliosa Blatter.;
Oxalis repens Thunb.;
Oxalis villosa M. Bieb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | K- Khatta Zara, Indian sorrel, Seh-patti, Tinpatiya, Anboti, Chuka tripati, Bhilmori, Khatari, Ambali, Chicha, Umbuti, Ambuti, Bhinsarpati, Aambotee, Ambata chukaa |
| Plant Family | : | Oxalidaceae |
| Description | : | Plants creeping, pubescent, rooting at the nodes. Leaflets 4—15 mm long, 8—32 mm broad, obcordate, pilose-tomentose. Flowers solitary or in 2—5 flowered axillary umbels. Pedicel 5—15 mm long, deflexed in fruit. Bracts 3—5, linear. Sepals 5, linear lanceolate, pilose. Petals 5, yellow. Filaments glabrous. Carpels 5, pubescent; styles longer than the shorter stamens. Capsule 1—2.5 cm long, subcylindric, pubescent. Seeds 1.5 mm long, brown, transversely ribbed. Fl. Per. March December. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Shade of walls, stream and river beds |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Antibiotic, good appetizer, removes kapha, vata, and piles; astringent cures dysentery and Diarrheas, skin diseases and quarten fevers, Leaves are anti-inflammatory, Refrigerant and antiscorbutic |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Palmitic acid; Oleic acid; Linoleic acid; Linolenic acid; Stearic Acid;
Beta-sitosterol; Betulin; 4-hydroxybenzoic acid; Ethyl gallate; 5-hydroxy-7,8-dimethoxyflavone; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (5): Beta-sitosterol; Flavone; Betulin; Palmitic acid; Ethyl gallate; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Common |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200012375 |
| Reference | : | ~ Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Ram Patel, Prashant Kumar Dubey and Sonia Thakur; "A review on anti-asthmatic activity of traditional medicinal plants"; IJPSR (2014); 5(10): 4109-4116 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| 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 corniculata L. - creeping woodsorrel |