Serviceberry vs Oxalis Tuberosa

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

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

anthocyanins, chlorogenic acid, quercetin, flavonoids, fiber

oxalic acid, vitamin C, potassium, anthocyanins, phenolics

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

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

Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, Antidiarrheal, Nutritive

nutritive, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory

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

Tubers consumed as food 100–200g daily

None established as food

kidney stones, gout, excessive consumption

Generally safe as food

kidney stone risk with excess, oxalate accumulation