OXALIS TUBEROSA
Author:
Giovanni Ignazio Molina, 1782
Family:
OXALIDACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Molina. (1798). In: Sagg. Chile, 132, 352 (1782), Savigny in Lam. Encyc. 4: 684.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
3 Centimetres
Height:
50 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Tubers
CITES:
Synonyms:
Oxalis crenata Jacq. 1794.
Oxalis crassicaulis, Zucc. 1825
Oxalis aracatcha, hort. ex Zucc. 1831.
Acetosella tuberosa, Kuntze, 1891.
Acetosella crassicaulis, Kuntze 1891.
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Acetosella crenata, Kuntze 1891.
Xanthoxalis crassicaulis, Small, 1907
Oxalis chicligastensis, R. Knuth 1936.
Oxalis tuberosa subsp. unduavensis, Lourteig.
Might be: Xanthoxalis tuberosa, Holub, 1973.
This member of the Oxalidaceae family was given this name by Giovanni Ignazio Molina in 1782. It is found in north-western Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru - and grown as a crop in most of South America, growing in a rich soil with some to lots of water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 50 centimetres in height. The flowers are yellow.
The genera name means 'sharp, pungent', as to leaf taste. The species name refers to its tuberous roots. A plant I found in Peru.
Flower
Yellow
Soil
Rich
Water
Medium - Maximum
Sun
Maximum
