Oxalis corniculata

Yellow wood-sorrel

OxalidaceaeFruitLeavesSeeds/NutsFlowersSpice/BeverageScore: 57/100Potential hazards — see below

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves, Fruit, Seeds, Spice, Flowers, Vegetable

The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked — added to salads, used as a potherb alongside milder greens, or employed to give a sour flavour to other dishes. Available year-round except in very cold winters, they have a pleasantly sour taste, though they are small and fiddly to harvest. Nutritionally, the leaves contain approximately 86% water, 2.3% protein, 0.8% fat, 8.2% carbohydrate, 150mg calcium, 78mg phosphorus, 8mg iron, 0.6mg niacin, 78mg vitamin C, and 6050µg beta carotene. Oxalate content ranges from 7–12%. Use in moderation. The flowers are edible raw, with a pleasant acid flavour that makes a nice addition to salads.

Known Hazards

The leaves contain oxalic acid, which gives them their sharp flavour. Perfectly all right in small quantities, the leaves should not be eaten in large amounts since oxalic acid can bind up the body's supply of calcium leading to nutritional deficiency. The quantity of oxalic acid will be reduced if the leaves are cooked. People with a tendency to rheumatism, arthritis, gout, kidney stones or hyperacidity should take especial caution if including this plant in their diet since it can aggravate their condition.

Where to Find It

It can grow from tropical to warm temperate places. In Nepal it grows up to about 2900 m altitude. In the Indian Himalayas it grows between 1,300-2,200 m above sea level. It grows in wetlands. In Zimbabwe it grows between 490-2,270 m above sea level. It grows in wetlands. It is moderately salt tolerant. It can grow in hot arid places. It can grow in arid places. Tasmania Herbarium. In Yunnan. In Sichuan.

Afghanistan, Africa, American Samoa, Angola, Argentina, Asia, Australia, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Balkans, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Britain, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Central Africa, Central America, Central Asia, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo DR, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, East Africa, Easter Island, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Europe, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guiana, Guianas, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Himalayas, Hungary, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Marquesas, Mauritius, Mediterranean, Mexico, Micronesia, Middle East, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Africa, North America, Northeastern India, Norway, NW India, Oman, Pacific, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, PNG, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Rotuma, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Scandinavia, SE Asia, Seychelles, Sicily, Sierra Leone, Sikkim, Slovakia, Socotra, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Southern Africa, South America, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Helena, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, UAE, Uruguay, USA, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Africa, West Indies, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Albania, Armenia, Angola, Argentina, American Samoa, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Bhutan, Botswana, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Switzerland, Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Djibouti, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, Fiji, Micronesia, France, Gabon, United Kingdom, Grenada, Georgia, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, North Macedonia, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Malta, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Mexico, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Nauru, Niue, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Peru, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Palau, Paraguay, Qatar, Reunion, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Sudan, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, San Marino, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, El Salvador, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Tonga, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Venezuela, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A small herb. It lies along the ground. The root system is thin. Several stems grow and these usually lie along the ground. These can form roots at the nodes. It grows 5 cm high. The stem is branched. There are no swollen storage organs under the ground. The leaves are stalked. They are alternate. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets have short slender stalks. The leaves are deeply lobed at the tip and wedge shaped at the base. There are stipules which are rounded and joined to the leaf stalk. The flowers are small and single. They occur on a side stalk. The flowers are yellow. The fruit are narrow and oblong. They are 5 angled. They have a short beak. There are several brown seeds.

Nutrition Score: 57/100

Part	Moisture	kJ	kcal	Protein	Vit A	Vit C	Iron	Zinc
Leaves	85.5	188	45	5.1	60	98	5.2	—

How to Grow

Plants are grown from seed. They can also be grown from rooted cuttings of the branches.

Propagation: Seed is best sown as soon as ripe in a cold frame. This plant requires no particular encouragement to establish.

Medicinal Uses

The whole plant is anthelmintic, antiphlogistic, astringent, depurative, diuretic, emmenagogue, febrifuge, lithontripic, stomachic, and styptic. It is used to treat influenza, fever, urinary tract infections, enteritis, diarrhoea, traumatic injuries, sprains, and poisonous snake bites. The plant juice mixed with butter is applied externally to muscular swellings, boils, and pimples. An infusion can be used as a wash to rid children of hookworms. Being a good source of vitamin C, it is used as an antiscorbutic in treating scurvy. The leaves serve as an antidote to poisoning by Datura spp. seeds, arsenic, and mercury. Leaf juice is applied to insect bites, burns, and skin eruptions, and the plant has demonstrated antibacterial activity.

Other Uses

When the leaves are chewed, they produce a slimy substance in the mouth that is reportedly used by magicians to protect the mouth when eating glass. Yellow, orange, and red to brown dyes can be obtained from the flowers, while boiling the whole plant yields a yellow dye.

Wikipedia

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Oxalis corniculata, the creeping woodsorrel, procumbent yellow sorrel or sleeping beauty, is a somewhat delicate-appearing, low-growing herbaceous plant in the family Oxalidaceae. Oxalis corniculata is a small creeping type of woodsorrel that tends to grow well in moist climates. It resembles the common yellow woodsorrel, Oxalis stricta.

Other Information

The leaves are eaten especially by children. They are only eaten in small amounts. It is sold in local markets in China.

Notes

There are about 500 Oxalis species. It is high in proVitamin A.

Names & Synonyms

Aamrul, Agritos, Almori, Amainor, Amarul, Ambi, Ambiliti saga, Amboti sag, Ambuti, Ambushi, Ambuti, Amelda, Amili, Amlika, Ammi, Amrul-sag, Anjati, An ni ze che, Awoaduo, Azedinha, Bab'alat, Bhilmori, Bhinsarpati, Bibi shaftala, Bodila-ba-thaba, Bolila ba litsoene, Calincing gunung, Chalmado, Chan-amilo, Changeritenga, Chari amilo, Cheko daro, Chiki rang, Chicha fuerte, Choti lonak, Chua me, Chuka tripati, Coastal Oxalis, Creeping oxalis, Creeping woodsorrel, Culle, Daun asem, Detembo, Echuilushakthi, Embul-embiliya, Embulpala, Emugereng, Gala, bsoska, Gansing, Gwaengibap, Hulichikkai, Hmo-chin, Kadiku, Hamidah, Kanyunywa mbuzi, Keuchu keuchu, Khati, Khatta-mitha, Khattamitha, Khatta zara, Khatti bhaji, Khatti-buti, Khiakhna, Khungbai-an, Kidadaishi, Kihikihi, Kiss punji, Kungi, Lewanai booti, Lonak, Lunglubo, Ma blan, Macach, n de chanchos, Malori, Maqui ch, Me chua aut, Me dat, Melgissa, Moogwani, Muk-chyor, Mu ye, Netho sag, Ozhe pito, Paliakiri, Pa yuan, Pe-de-pombo, Peeli, Peeli booti, Phagiyup, Piri jojo, Pisa tengesi mekhai, Piyag miu, Pooliaray, Procumbent yellow sorrel, Pulguita, Pulichappadi, Pulicharai, Pulichera, Pulichinta, Puli keerai, Puliyotharakeerai, Puliyarai, Puliyarel, Pulirarila, Pullachinta, Pullam purachi, Pulung sukhu, Pusinganju husuki, Ram ansur, Rempi, Salmudi, Sang hobo, Semanggen, Semanggi gunung, Sengeri tenga, Siakthur, Singri, Sigri gakhwi, Som saeng ka, Songxiangga, Soru tengeshi, Suan ji cao, Suring, Tandi chatomarak, Tarookay, Tarweekai, Tengeshi-tenga, Terko, Therwashka, Tipani, Tipatia, Trebol, Tres-coracaes, Trevo, Trewaky, Tripati, Tuftufak, Uppinasoppu, Vinagrillo, Vothung mekbpo, Vothung mekbob, Wild sorrel, Xian suan zai, Xocoyole, Yat leny, Yensil, Yensin, Zakskabene, Zolaomil

Oxalis corniculata var. microphylla Hook. f.Oxalis corniculata var. reptans LaingOxalis corniculata var. villosa (M. Bieb.) HohenOxalis exilis Cunn.Oxalis javanica BlumeOxalis perennans Haw.Oxalis pusilla Salisb.Oxalis radicosa A. Rich.Oxalis repens Thunb.Oxalis reptans Sol. ex G. Forst.Oxalis rubens Haw.

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