Oxalis griffithii
Edgew. & Hook.f.
OxalidaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate place. It grows in both moist and dry shady places between 800-3,400 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Asia, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, SE Asia, Taiwan, Tibet,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It is 7-25 cm tall. It has creeping rhizomes underground. The leaves have leaflets that are almost triangle shaped and 1-3 cm long by 2-4 cm wide.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Oxalis griffithii is a species of Oxalis found in thickets and meadows of Bhutan, China, India, and Japan.
Names & Synonyms
Suncao, Suancai, Suanjiji
References (1)
- Kang, Y., et al, 2012, Wild food plants and wild edible fungi in two valleys on the Qinling Mountains (Shaanxi, central China) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 9:26
