CHR 531040 – Oxalis corniculata L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 531040
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
16 August 1999
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Oxalis corniculata
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Oxalis corniculata L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Geraniales
Family:
Oxalidaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rapa Nui, Easter Island
Verbatim locality:
[Easter Island]
Verbatim collector:
McCall I/28
Standardised collector:
McCall
Verbatim date:
1973
Start date:
1973
Country:
Chile
Notes:
"Pato". Of great medicinal value in stopping female haemorrages. Saved Erencia Teao's life. Apparently the Englishman Percy Edmunds taught it's use to Luisa Tuki (aged 76).
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