Oxalis spiralis Ruiz & Pav. ex G.Don

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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BOTANICAL,
M. Bush reference collection
Sampled for pollen from: tL-
Ftower.	Packet:
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
From THE-UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM
PLANTS OF COLOMBIA, S. A.
Cordillera Central
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J- Mt-J-
Locality Eneano,
north end of LAGUNA DE LA 1
Com. del Putumayo
Lat. 1° 9' N., Long. 77° 8' W.
Habitat cultivated on cleared »lope*, rieh
«M foothills above lake, formerly dense wet forest
SQix	only patches now remain
Date Apr. 2,1943	Alt. 2850m.
(Aneroid reading)
Coll. P. R. Fosberg	No. 20410
Det.
_	stem and leaves rather fleshy*
flowers yellow; root» yield tubers
wliioli are eaten like potatoes, called oca
mature in 9 or 10 months here.
Colombian Cinchona Mission
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