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Oxalis psoraleoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Oxalidaceae that is native to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. Carl Sigismund Kunth described the species in 1821. Plants of this species of wood sorrel are perennial, hairy shrubs with large, yellow flowers, leaves with three leaflets, and one-seeded capsules. O. psoraleoides is diploid with a large genome size, and is classified within Oxalis section Psoraleoideae in subgenus Thamnoxys.
Oxalis psoraleoides is native to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.
In semi-arid areas of Pernambuco, Brazil, O. psoraleoides (as O. insipida) is known as chumbinho and is used as a food source, whereas in Peru it has been listed as an antimalarial medicine.
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