Oca
Oxalis tuberosa · Wood sorrel family
Plant portrait
Oca carries leaves with three leaflets and small coloured tubers.
Harvested part
The cultivated tubers.
What to watch for
Watch the three leaflets and fleshy stems; the tubers remain hidden underground.
Growth stages of the oca
Plotilo illustrates the oca in 5 stages in 3D: seed, small sprout, young plant, growing and harvest. The models show typical shapes; they do not predict how long growth takes.
- Seed
Starting from a seed. It is shown on the surface to make it visible in this illustration.
- Small sprout
A short first stem and its first small leaves emerge.
- Young plant
The young plant carries more leaves and starts to take its own shape.
- Growing
Leaves and stems develop. Their shape depends on the species.
- Harvest
An illustration of the harvested part. Roots are made visible for clarity; this image does not confirm actual maturity.
Same botanical family
No other plant from the wood sorrel family is in the Plotilo catalogue yet.