Biophytum reinwardtii (Zucc.) Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 1: 85. 1862; Edgew. & Hook. f. in Fl. Brit. India 1: 437. 1874, incl. var. metziana. Oxalis reinwardtii Zucc. in Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Koenigl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 1: 274. 1829 - 1830.

Herbs, annual; stems simple, up to 35 cm high. Leaflets 6 - 11 pairs, not overlapping; terminal ones largest, obovate, 7 - 15 x 4 - 7 mm; mid nerve eccentric, curved; others elliptic. Peduncles up to 12 cm long, appressed-strigose to glandular hairy, up to 8-flowered; pedicels up to 5 mm long; bracts ovate-attenuate, 1 - 2 mm long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2 - 4 x ca 1 mm. Petals elliptic to oblanceolate, 6 - 8 x 1 - 2 mm. Filaments 2 - 3 mm long. Ovary ca 1 x 0.5 mm, glabrous; ovules 3-4 per locule; styles 0.5 - 0.75 mm long; stigmas flattened.

Fl. & Fr. Oct. - Dec.

Distrib. Throughout India.

Tropical S.E. Asia.

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