Taingang-daga PRODUCT NAME
Oxalis repens Thumb. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Taingang-daga |
| Local Name: | Marasiksik (Union); Pichik (Batanes); Susokoyili, Taingang daga (Tagalog). |
| Family: | Oxalidaceae |
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| Product Description: | A small, prostrate herb. The leaves are creeping, up to 50cm in length, usually the roots at the nodes, and have long, scattered hairs. The leaves are trifoliate. The petioles are 5cm long, and the leaflets are 0.5-1.5 stalk, and nearly a centimeter in length. The fruit is a hairy, somewhat cylindrical capsule 1-1.8cm in length |
| NTFP Classification: | Food and food ingredients (plant-derived) |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species is widely distributed in the Philippines in waste places |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | other |
| Uses: | This species is eaten as ingredient of salad |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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