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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0e076f29-ade3-4d5b-bba8-2b21c768b201/D488195D-A7CA-4393-884A-2493C92B299E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2008/05/oxalis_tuberosa.php" href="http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2008/05/oxalis_tuberosa.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2008/05/oxalis_tuberosa.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/img/59410875-906A-4770-AEB2-BF854B945A48" alt="Oxalis tuberosa" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2008/05/oxalis_tuberosa.php"><P>The second of three entries featuring plants from the GFU for Underutilized species exhibits <A title="Oxalis tuberosa" href="http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?26219"><I>Oxalis tuberosa</I></A> of the Oxalidaceae. Thanks Hannes and Paul! Photo courtesy of the <A title="International Potato Centre" href="http://www.cipotato.org/">International Potato Centre</A> (CIP).</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2008/05/oxalis_tuberosa.php"><P>Oca is a starchy edible tuber that was domesticated in the Andes in South America. It is at least as hardy as the potato and grown in a similar way but it is not as susceptible to pests and diseases as potatoes.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2008/05/oxalis_tuberosa.php"><P>When freshly harvested, the tubers have a pleasant acidic flavour. They are consumed cooked or baked. They can also be eaten raw in small quantities. Exposed to sunlight for a few days, the tubers lose some of their acidity and become more pleasant to eat.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2008/05/oxalis_tuberosa.php"><P>Oca forms tubers only at a daylength of under 13-14 hours. Outside of its native area, such as in higher latitudes, autumn frosts may kill the plant before the tubers are fully developed. Under such conditions, commercially relevant yields are hard to achieve.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2008/05/oxalis_tuberosa.php"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A title="CIRNMA" href="http://www.cirnma.org">CIRNMA</A></LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D488195D-A7CA-4393-884A-2493C92B299E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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