Ribes trilobum

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is edible.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. Arboretum Tasmania.

Australia, Chile, South America, Tasmania,

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

How to Identify

A temperate shrub in the Grossulariaceae family, found in Tasmania.

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Ribes trilobum, commonly known as parrilla and muhul, is a species of flowering plant in the family Grossulariaceae. It is endemic to central and southern Chile. It is one of the nine species in the genus Ribes that are native to Chile, and one of the four Ribes species endemic to Chile alongside Ribes bicolor, Ribes integrifolium and Ribes nemorosum.

Names & Synonyms

Ribes gayanum ReicheRibes lacustre var. molle A. GrayRibes molle (A. Gray) HowellRibes villosum Wall. ex Roxb.

References (2)

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
Velasquez, P. & Montenegro, G., 2017, Chilean Endemic/Native Plant Resources as Functional and Superfoods. Chp. 6 in Superfood and Functional Food - An Overview of Their Processing and Utilization

What to Eat

Where to Find It

How to Identify

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