Oxalis Tuberosa vs Serviceberry

Andean root vegetable cultivated since pre-Inca times used medicinally in traditional Andean medicine for digestive conditions and as a nutritive food.

Western North American shrub with nutritious berries central to Plains indigenous food medicine traditions, used by Blackfoot, Cree, and Metis peoples.

oxalic acid, vitamin C, potassium, anthocyanins, phenolics

anthocyanins, chlorogenic acid, quercetin, flavonoids, fiber

digestive conditions, antioxidant, nutritive, anti-inflammatory, skin conditions

Nutritive food medicine in Blackfoot and Cree tradition, Pemmican ingredient for winter survival food, Digestive conditions, Diarrhea treatment in folk medicine

nutritive, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory

Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, Antidiarrheal, Nutritive

Tubers consumed as food 100–200g daily

Fresh or dried berries as food; berry tea 2 cups daily

kidney stones, gout, excessive consumption

None established as food

kidney stone risk with excess, oxalate accumulation

Generally safe as food