Oxalis davyana
Kunth
Wood sorrel
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Description
A herb. The bulb is scaly. It is 3 cm long by 2 cm wide. The underground stems or rhizomes have roots and small bulbs. The above ground parts are softly hairy. The leaves occur singly. The stalk is 15 cm long. The leaflets are 2 cm broad and wide. They are pointed. The flowering stalk is 20 cm long. There are about 6 flowers at the ends. The petals are bright pink.
Edible Uses
The leaves are edible.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. In Swaziland it is in the high veld only.
Where It Grows
Africa, Eswatini, South Africa*, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
Also Known As
Simunyane
References (6)
- Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
- Ogle & Grivetti, 1985,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 158
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 84
- Swaziland's Flora Database http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora
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- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
