Johor Ethnobotany Database
Medicinal uses:
Leaves - for diarrhea
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Non-medicinal uses:
Leaves - edible (sour taste)
Oxalis barrelieri L.
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxilidaceae
Genus: Oxalis
Species: Oxalis barrelieri L.
Growth Form: Small, herbaceous plant with an erect growth habit.
Foliage: Tri-foliate leaves are composed of 3 oval-shaped leaflets with rounded bases and rounded to slightly pointed tips.
Flowers: Short tubular flowers are white with a bright yellow throat. They have 5 lobes with rounded to truncated tips.
Discription
Ethnobotanical uses
Common name: Lavender Sorrel
Local name: Belimbing pasir
Family: Oxalidaceae
Habit
Erect branched herb, often woody at the base, 15–60 cm. high, densely leafy from the base.
Habitat
In forest clearings, also a weed of roadsides and cultivated ground; 900–1220 m.
Taxonomic classification
