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Accession Data:

Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC.

  • Common Name: Life Plant
  • Family: Oxalidaceae R.Br.
  • Synonym(s): Oxalis sensitiva L.

  • Country of Origin: Tropical Africa and Asia

  • Description: Stems simple, to 10 inches; leaves to 5 inches long, leaflets 8-17 pairs, rectangular to cuneate-ovate), and broadly tapering to each end; wider than oblanceolate.">obovate, to 1/2 inch long, sensitive to touch.
  • USDA Zone: 9a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199600026
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 10-07-1996
  • Bench: 1213 - AUS:West Bench NC
    • Currently: active - marginal (no foliage)
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 05-02-2020

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Oxalidales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Oxalidaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
  • Thigmonasty
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / China Southeast / Hainan / Taiwan / India / Nepal / Sri Lanka / Cambodia / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Borneo / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Malaya / Sulawesi / Sumatera / New Guinea

References (external):

  1. The Culture Sheet - Retrieved 14 Jul 2010
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, October 02, 2017.
  3. Biophytum sensitivum at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Monday, October 02, 2017.
  4. Biophytum sensitivum at Flora of China. Last accessed on Monday, October 02, 2017.

data regenerated on Wed, 27 May 2020 15:38:59 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Biophytum sensitivum

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Current Accessions in the Oxalidaceae

  • Averrhoa carambola
  • Biophytum sensitivum
  • Oxalis aff. megalorrhiza W/C
  • Oxalis fruticosa
  • Oxalis gigantea
  • Oxalis lasiandra
  • Oxalis palmifrons
  • Oxalis teneriensis
  • Oxalis teneriensis
  • Oxalis triangularis
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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