• Family : OXALIDACEAE
  (Wood Sorrel Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMRUL FAMILY (अम्रुल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : OXALIDACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Oxalis martiana Zucc.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa (DC.) Lourteig
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Weed in the cardamom plantations and road sides on the high ranges
• Comments / notes : Sometimes appears as an escape.
• Flower, Fruit : September-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Maharashtra : Aurangabad district, Nagpur district, Nanded district, Satara district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Erkadu Hills (Salem district), Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Tirunelveli district
• Native : South America
• World Distribution : India and Tropical South America
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Oxalis corymbosa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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