Oxalis compressa
Thunb.
OxalidaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are edible.
Where to Find It
It grows in warm temperate places.
Africa, Australia, South Africa, Southern Africa,
Countries: Angola, Australia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A herb with a bulb. It keeps growing from year to year. The flowers are yellow.
References (4)
- Diss. Oxal. 11. 1781 (Linnaeus f., Suppl. pl. 243. 1782 ("1781"))
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 456
- Hibbert, M., 2002, The Aussie Plant Finder 2002, Florilegium. p 215
- Paczkowska, G . & Chapman, A.R., 2000, The Western Australian Flora. A Descriptive Calatogue. Western Australian Herbarium. p 415
