Oxalis anthelmintica
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Spice, Vegetable
The plant is used as a spice and vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, Uganda, Mozambique,
Countries: Angola, 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. It keeps growing from year to year. It has underground stems or rhizomes 18 cm long. It has a bulb 1-1.5 at the end of the rhizome. The leaves have 3 leaflets in a ring. The leaflets are 22 mm long by 22 mm wide. The flowers are pink.
Names & Synonyms
Oxalis abyssinica Turcz.Oxalis adoensis Turcz.and others
References (2)
- Goode, P., 1989, Edible Plants of Uganda. FAO p 30
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 563
