Austrocactus patagonicus

(Web.) Backeb.

Tuna

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

It is a temperate plant. It grows in the grassland steppe.

Argentina, South America,

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

A temperate cactus native to grassland steppe regions, producing edible fruit.

Names & Synonyms

Chupasangre

References (2)

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
Ladio, A., Lozada, M. & M. Weigandt, 2007, Comparison of traditional wild plant knowledge between aboriginal communities inhabiting arid and forest environments in Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Arid Environments 69 (2007) 695–715