Oxalis barrelieri

Oxalis barrelieri L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 624 (1762).

Oxalis barrelieri L., Photo by Công Ma

its native range is Tropical America. It is used as a poison and a medicine and for food.

Vietnamese name: 

Khế đất.

Latin name: 

Oxalis barrelieri L.

Family: 

Oxalidaceae

Uses: 

Cooling, curing sunstroke, yellow urine, peeing. (the whole tree is pounded for drinking water).

Distribution:

In Vietnam: Quang Nam (Tien Phuoc). Plants grow naturally on the road along the forest, wasteland, upland fields.

Flowering season:

V-VIII

Fruit season:

7-12