Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Streptophyta

Class: Equisetopsida

Subclass: Magnoliidae

Order: Oxalidales

Family: Oxalidaceae

Genus: Oxalis

Species: Oxalis stricta

Description: Prostrate herbs with creeping stem, rooting at lower nodes. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate, broadly obcordate, apex emarginate, base cuneate; petiolate. Flowers yellow, solitary or in axillary umbels; Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate. Petals 5, ovate-lanceolate. Stamens 10, in two rows. Ovary 5-celled; ovules many; styles 5, distinct. Fruit is a capsule, linear, puberulous outside; seeds many, minute, brown.

Uses:  All plant parts are edible, leaves and flowers are added to salads. it is used in the treatment of fever,  diarrhoea,  urinary tract infections,  poisonous snake bites  etc. The juice of the plant mix with butter is applied to muscular swelling, pimples and boils.