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Oxalis tuberosa is a perennial herbaceous plant that overwinters as underground stem tubers. These tubers are known as uqa in Quechua, [1] oca in Spanish, yams in New Zealand and several other alternative names. The plant was brought into cultivation in the central and southern Andes for its tubers, which are used as a root vegetable.
Oxalis (/ ˈ ɒ k s ə l ɪ s / (American English) [1] or / ɒ k s ˈ ɑː l ɪ s / (British English)) [2] is a large genus of flowering plants in the wood-sorrel family, Oxalidaceae, comprising over 550 species. [3]
The following species in the flowering plant genus Oxalis, many of which are called wood sorrels, wood‑sorrels or woodsorrels, false shamrocks, and sourgrasses, are recognised by Plants of the World Online: [1] [2]
In New Zealand, oca (Oxalis tuberosa) is typically referred to as "yam". [8] [9] In Malaysia and Singapore, taro (Colocasia esculenta) is referred to as "yam". [10] In Africa, South and Southeast Asia as well as the tropical Pacific islands Amorphophallus paeoniifolius is grown and known as "elephant foot yam". [11]
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Oxalis truncatula; Oxalis tuberosa; V. Oxalis valdiviensis; Oxalis versicolor; Oxalis violacea; Oxalis virginea This page was last edited on 2 February 2019, at ...
This is an incomplete list of plants with trifoliate leaves. Trifoliate leaves (also known as trifoliolate or ternate leaves) are a leaf shape characterized by a leaf divided into three leaflets.
Oxalis tuberosa, referred to as yams in New Zealand and Polynesia; Pachyrhizus erosus, called jícama, Mexican yam bean, or Mexican turnip, a tuberous root; Konjac, Amorphophallus konjac; Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, known commonly as elephant foot yam.