Please identify this house plant

Question

What is it called? Is it just for looks or does it have any medicinal properties?

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3353/plants003rn4.jpg

Answer 1

The plant looks like a decorative form of oxalis.  I think it's grown as a houseplant.  It's probably not medicinal except that if you sit and stare at it long enough you'll relax a little.  All plants do that for you.  

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Answer 2

It does look like an exotic oxalis.  Here's a web site with pictures that may help with a more definitive answer.

http://plants.usda.gov/java/imageGallery