Oxalis corniculata L.

 
  • Family : OXALIDACEAE
    (Wood Sorrel Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMRUL FAMILY (अम्रुल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Oxalidaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Acetosella corniculata (L.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Oxalis corniculata L.
  • Common name : Creeping Wood Sorrel
  • Vernacular name :
    • Amrul sak, Chukutri pathiya, Tinpathiya (Hindi)
    • Pullampurchi soppu, Hulisoppu (Kannada)
    • Puliarai (Tamil)
    • Pulichinta (Telugu)
    • Ambiliti, Kumari (Oria)
    • Changeri (Sanskrit)
    • Ambusi, Ambuti, Tipani (Marathi)
    • Kottampulichan, Poliyarala, Puliyarila, Pulivayila, Pulichappadi, Pulisanthala, Pulichan (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Degraded forests, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : Foliage eaten as a vegetable and as a cure for scurvy
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
    • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Chamba district,Kangra district,Kinnaur district,Kullu district,Shimla district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Meghalaya : East Khasi Hills (Shillong) district
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Cosmopolitan
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • 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.
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press:68
    • Grierson A.J.C & Long D.G (1983). Flora of Bhutan Vol.1 (3):742
    • Balakrishnan, N. P. (1983). Flora of Jowai Vol.1. Published BSI: 109
    • Chowdhery, H. J. & Wadhwa, B. H (1984). Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol. 1. Published BSI: 132
    • Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 52
    • N.P. Singh & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Oxalis corniculata. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Line Drawings

Field Image(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.