Oxalis latifolia
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Description
Stemless herb from bulbous base, no rootstock;
Inflorescence umbellate, 5-13-flowered.
Sepals 4-4½ (-6) by 1½-2(-3) mm, oblong, obtuse, glabrous, indistinctly 3-5-nerved;
Petals 10-20 by 3-6(-8) mm, narrowly obtriangular, truncate, ± oblique, red-purplish with greenish base, crumpled after anthesis.
Ovary 1.5 by ¾ mm, apically sparsely ciliate on the ribs;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa cultivated), Central and tropical S. America, Gedeh cultivated, Lembang cultivated, Preanger Mts cultivated, Tjinjiruan cultivated, W. Java cultivated
Native of Central and tropical S. America; cultivated and escaping, e.g. in Malesia: Java (Preanger Mts; W. Java: Gedeh, Lembang, Tjinjiruan).