Oxalis corymbosa DC., Prodr. 1: 696. 1824; Calder.in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 6: 337. 1919. O. martiana Zucc. in Denkschr. Koenigl. Akad. Wiss. Muenchen 9: 144. 1823 - 1824.

Herbs, acaulescent, bulbous at base; bulbs globose, acute at tip, producing many lateral bulbils, scaly; outer scales numerous, thin, papery, brownish. Leaves 9 - 12, stipulate, trifoliolate; petioles very thin, 13 - 24 cm long, sparsely hairy; leaflets cuneate at base, 1.2 - 1.8 x 1.8 - 2.5 cm, equal, membranous, appressed-hairy on both surfaces. Inflorescence a pseudo-umbel, 6 - 7-flowered; bracts minute, ca 1 mm long, persistent, membranous, pilose. Flowers pedicellate, ca 1.5 cm long. Sepals 5, distinct, elliptic, erect, acute, 5 - 6 mm long, sparsely hairy outside. Petals 5, cuneate, oblique, ca 1.5 x 0.5 cm, slightly hairy outside, violet. Stamens 10 in two series alternately long and short; long ones free; filaments erect, ca 3 mm long, hairy; short ones flattened, ca 1.5 mm long, glabrous; anthers oblong, short, yellow. Ovary obtusely 5-angled, oblong, ca 3 mm long, glabrous; ovules 3 - 8 in each locule; styles 5.

Fl. & Fr. Sept. - Jan.

Distrib. India: Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Bihar, W. Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Tropical S. America.

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