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Goat oxalis (Latin Oxalis pes-caprae) - a herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Kislitsa (Latin Oxalis), belonging to the family of the same name Kislichnye (Latin Oxalidaceae). Possessing thick fleshy underground shoots, goat's oxalis grows rapidly, filling everything around with itself. If this does not interfere with cultural planting, then such activity, in combination with openwork leaves and bright yellow funnel-shaped flowers, decorates the landscape. But for gardeners and truck farmers, this is a real weed disaster. Leaves, flowers and fleshy underground shoots are eaten.
What's in your name
If the Latin generic name "Oxalis" is easy to understand, since the Russian name "Kislitsa" is its exact translation, then with the specific name it is not so simple.
The specific Latin epithet "pes-caprae" consists of two words and is translated into Russian as "paw" and "goat". When interpreting such a choice of botanists, doubts arise, what prompted them to just such an epithet? Unless, the shape of an individual leaf of a complex leaf of a plant, with a deeper cut on the upper edge than in other species of the genus, seemed to botanists to resemble a goat's paw, or even the entire complex leaf as a whole. Although a separate leaf looks much more like the wings of a butterfly.
As often happens, the plant has many popular names. Among them are such exotic as: "Bermuda buttercup" (Bermuda buttercup), "African wood-sorrel" (African sorrel tree), "Sourgrass" (Sour grass), "Goat's-foot" (Goat's foot - advocating the version that the plant still owes its species epithet to the shape of a complex leaf) and many others.
Description
Goat oxalis is a herb that can grow to a height of 10 to 50 centimeters, forming dense, extensive picturesque thickets.
The vastness of thickets and perennial plants are based on underground shoots surrounded by a network of thin roots. On the same shoots, bulbs are born with reserves of nutrients, giving life to overground shoots. Underground shoots are milky white, relatively thick and fleshy. They are quite edible both raw and cooked.
The aerial part of the plant is represented by fleshy stems with petiolate complex leaves. Each leaf consists of three heart-shaped leaves, the upper edge of which has a deep recess. The depth of the notch makes the leaves look even more like the wings of a butterfly than a heart, as it is usually depicted on paper. In general, the complex sheet resembles three butterflies who sat down to chat with each other about everyday affairs. Botanists saw a goat's foot in the form of a leaf.
Tall peduncles, the length of which exceeds the green carpet of pretty leaves, show the world rather large funnel-shaped single flowers. Five almost fused sepals protect bright yellow petals, of which there are also five. From the depths of the pharynx, a pistil and stamens look out into the world.
Usually the corolla of a flower is composed of one row of delicate oval-trapezoidal petals. But on the largest island of the Canary archipelago, Tenerife, there are such double flowers that represent the Goat Kislitsa, who came to the island from South Africa. The length of the petals reaches 2-2.5 centimeters:
The fruit of the plant is the seed capsule.
Usage
The high content of oxalic acid in underground and aboveground shoots and leaves of goat acid, although it gives them a pleasant sour taste, in large quantities becomes dangerous to human health. In small quantities, it is quite suitable for preparing various dishes, both raw and boiled.
Uses the plant and folk medicine when a diuretic is required, or to fight tapeworms that parasitize the human body. In the latter case, plant bulbs are used.
Yellow dye can be obtained from golden yellow flower petals.
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