| Latin name | Oxalis corniculata L. | | Family | Oxalidaceae | | Identified with (Skt) | cāṅgerī | | Identified with (Hin) | tinpatiyā, amrulsāk, cukātripatī | | Identified with (Tam) | puḷiyārai | | Identified with (Mal) | puḷiyārai, puḷiyārila | | Identified with (Eng) | Indial sorrel | | Botanical info | A diffuse annual or perennial procumbent or creeping acid herb growing all over India up to 3000 m in moist localities, leaves palmately 3-foliate, flowers yellow, fruits loculicidal cylindrical capsules, seeds dark brown | | Search occurrence | cāṅgerī, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | | See plant's image | Oxalis corniculata L. in Google image search | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 391)
cāṅgerī, f. wood-sorrel, Hariv. 4652, Suśr. vi. Tamil Lexicon, University of Madras (p. 2801)
puḷiyārai: Yellow wood-sorrel, Oxalis corniculata
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