Philesia magellanica

J. F. Gmel.

Chilean bellflower

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten raw.

It is a temperate plant. It grows in humid forests between 700-900 m above sea level in southern Chile.

Argentina, Australia, Chile, South America, Tasmania,

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

A shrub. It grows 1 m tall. The flowers are red and bell-shaped. They are 5 cm long.

It is slow growing.

Names & Synonyms

Chilote, Coicopihue, Coicopiu, Copihue, Copihuelo

Philesia buxifolia Lam.

References (4)

Chamorro, M. F., & Ladio, A., 2020, Native and exotic plants with edible fleshy fruits utilized in Patagonia and their role as sources of local functional foods. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies. 20:155
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
Rapoport, E. H. & Ladio, A. H., 1999, Plantas comestibles. Bosque Volume 20 No. 2. ISSN 0314-8799
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