• Family : OXALIDACEAE
  (Wood Sorrel Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMRUL FAMILY (अम्रुल फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : OXALIDACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Oxalis latifolia Kunth
• Common name : Broad-leaved Sorel
• Vernacular name : Dodda hulisoppu (Kannada); Pulichan (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Degraded forests areas and roadsides
• Key identification features : An annual herb with conical bulbs
• Flower, Fruit : June-August
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Erkadu Hills (Salem district), Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
• Native : Central and tropical S. America
• World Distribution : Widely spread as a weed of cultivation
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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 latifolia. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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