Oxalis pes-caprae

For the fruit tree, see Soursop.

Oxalis pes-caprae
Sourgrass
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Oxalis
Species:
O. pes-caprae
Binomial name
Oxalis pes-caprae
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Acetosella cernua (Thunb.) Kuntze
    • Acetosella ehrenbergii (Schltdl.) Kuntze
    • Bolboxalis cernua (Thunb.) Small
    • Oxalis biflora Burm.f.
    • Oxalis burmanni Jacq.
    • Oxalis caprina E.Mey. ex Sond.
    • Oxalis cernua Thunb.
    • Oxalis cernua var. pleniflora Lowe
    • Oxalis concinna Salisb.
    • Oxalis ehrenbergii Schltdl.
    • Oxalis erecta Savigny
    • Oxalis grandiflora Arechav.
    • Oxalis kuibisensis R.Knuth
    • Oxalis libyca Viv.
    • Oxalis lybica Willk. & Lange
    • Oxalis macrophylla Hornem.
    • Oxalis nutans Hill
    • Oxalis pes-caprae f. pleniflora (Lowe) Sunding
    • Oxalis pes-caprae var. pleniflora (Lowe) Blanco-Dios
    • Oxalis rippae Mattei

Oxalis pes-caprae (African wood-sorrel, Bermuda buttercup, Bermuda sorrel, buttercup oxalis, Cape sorrel, English weed, goat's-foot, sourgrass, soursob or soursop; Afrikaans: suring; Arabic: hommayda (حميضة)[2]) is a species of tristylous yellow-flowering plant in the wood sorrel family Oxalidaceae. Oxalis cernua is a less common synonym for this species. Some of the most common names for the plant reference its sour taste owing to oxalic acid present in its tissues. Indigenous to South Africa, the plant has become a pest plant in different parts of the world that is difficult to eradicate because of how it propagates through underground bulbs.

  1. ^ "Oxalis pes-caprae L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. ^ Bosman, D. B.; Van der Merwe, I. W. & Hiemstra, L. W. (1984). Tweetalige Woordeboek Afrikaans-Engels. Tafelberg-uitgewers. ISBN 0-624-00533-X.