Puya coerulea

Lindl.

Chilean puya

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

The leaves are edible.

It is a subtropical plant.

Australia, Chile*, South America,

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

A succulent plant. It has rings of leaves up to 60 cm across. The flowers are dark purple and in spikes.

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Puya coerulea is a species of plant in the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Chile.

Names & Synonyms

Chagual, Chagulillo

Pitcairnia coerulea (Lindl.) Benth. ex Bakerand others

References (1)

Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 729