Boopis australis

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Root

The root is eaten.

It is a temperate plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level.

Argentina, Chile, South America,

Countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaves are simple and alternate. The flowers have 5 petals fused together.

There are 13 Boopis species. They grow in the Andes in Argentina and Brazil.

References (3)

Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A., and Seberg, O. 2007, Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. p 81 (Genus)
Leon-Lobos, P., et al, 2022, Patterns of Traditional and Modern Uses of Wild Edible Native Plants of Chile: Challenges and Future Perspectives. Plants (Basel) v 11 (6) Table S1
Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/