Fruits & Vegetables Week: Oxalis corniculata, the Indian sorrel

[Gurcharan Singh]

 Oxalis corniculata, the Indian sorrel, the leaves are refreshing and eaten as salad or cooked as vegetable. Also usedfor sandwiches, pickles and chutneys.

 

Local names

 

Hindi & Beng: Amrul sak, chuka tripatti

Mar: Ambuti, anjati, bhinsarpati

Tel: Pulichinta

Tam: Puliyarai

Kan: Hulichikai, Pullam purachi, uppinasoppu

Mal: Puliyarel

Punj: Amlika

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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[tanay bose]

This also called amrul sak in Bengali

I have seen these are given to kids as tonic

because they are known to contain high amount of oxalic acid

Tanay

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Tanay Bose

Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
Department of Botany.
University of British Columbia .
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