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Oxalis (Latin Oxalis) - a genus of annual and perennial grasses or dwarf shrubs of the acid family (Latin Oxalidaceae). The genus is numerous, including about 800 species. Natural range - South Africa, Central and South America, and Central Europe. In Russia, only five species are found in nature, growing mainly in forest zones in the Far East.
Characteristics of culture
Oxalis is a herb or shrub with a creeping or knobby rhizome. Leaves are green, brownish, burgundy or purple, petiolate, alternate, compound, trifoliate or finger-dissected, often with a limb. The leaves are pinnately or capered (depending on the species). With the onset of darkness, the leaves roll up. The flowers are small, regular, pink, yellow or white. Flowers as well as leaves close in cloudy weather or late at night. The fruit is a capsule; when ripe, it cracks along the valves.
The subtleties of growing
Kislitsa cannot be called a demanding crop; most species develop normally both in sunny and shaded areas. To a greater extent, this condition depends on the species. Soils are preferable slightly acidic or neutral, drained, rich in humus. An admixture of peat or compost is welcomed in the soil composition.
Oxalis is propagated by seeds, stem cuttings, nodules and division of rhizomes. The breeding method also depends on the type of acid. All sowing and planting work is carried out in early spring. When planting a crop with cuttings or nodules, an optimal distance of 10-12 cm is observed. The depth of planting is 3-4 cm.
Kislitsa seeds are sown in April in seedling boxes or greenhouses. The substrate is composed of sand, peat and leafy soil in a ratio of 1: 2: 1 or peat, leafy and soddy soil and sand in a ratio of 1: 2: 2: 1. In the fall, rhizomes and nodules are dug up. Planting material is stored in a cool room in containers filled with dry sand.
Caring for acidic acid consists in rare fertilizing with mineral fertilizers or a weak infusion of mullein, watering during a prolonged drought and weeding. Loosening is not prohibited either. When growing perennial species of acid wood for the winter, plantings are mulched with peat, sawdust, humus or covered with spruce branches.
Application
The use of acid is multivariate. It is used in folk medicine, for landscaping gardens, less often in cooking. They eat mainly pineal root shoots. So, in Chile, such shoots are an excellent alternative to sugar, because by the end of the growing season, the acid contained in the buds is replaced by sugar.
Oxalis is most widely used in medicine, infusions from it are used to increase appetite, eliminate heartburn and vomiting, lower blood pressure, normalize gastric acidity and other problems. Useful infusions of acid in the treatment of purulent wounds, boils and ulcers of various nature. But the list of miraculous properties of plants of this genus does not end there.
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Kislitsa Depp
Kislitsa Depp is one of the plants of the family called oxalis, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Oxalis deppei. As for the name of this family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Oxalidaceae. Description of sour deppé For the favorable development of this plant, it will be necessary to water the acid deppé in abundant mode throughout the summer period, but it is recommended to maintain the air humidity at an average level.
Sour Leaves Of Kislitsa
The curly sour leaves of the plant are suitable for the most shady place in the garden, where the soil can dry out only with a prolonged exhausting drought. After all, Kislitsa belongs to mesophytic plants that suffer from excess moisture, but really need its constant presence in the soil. The roots and leaves of Kislitsa are edible and have healing powers
