Lardizabala
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| Botanical illustration, 1853 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Lardizabalaceae |
| Genus: | Lardizabala Ruiz & Pav. |
| Species: | L. biternata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lardizabala biternata Ruiz & Pav.
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Lardizabala is a monotypic genus of flowering plants. The sole species in the genus is Lardizabala biternata, known as Lardizabala or Zabala fruit. This species is an evergreen liana, native to temperate forests of central and southern Chile.[2] It is grown for its edible fruits and ornamental flowers.
Naming
Indigenous names for this species is Nüpu-foki, with fruits known as Kówell or Cóguil.[3]
The genus is dedicated to Miguel de Lardizábal y Uribe, a Spanish statesman from the 18th century.
Seed Dispersal
The seeds present in the large edible fruits of this species are hypothesised to have been dispersed by extinct Pleistocene meagafauna.[4] Nowadays, foxes of the genus Lycalopex are thought to play the main seed dispersal role in its natural habitat.[4]
Endemism
Lardizabala is rare,[5] and endemic to a small geographic region inclusive of the Chilean Winter Rainfall Valdivian-Forest biodiversity hotspot.[2]
References
- ^ "Lardizabala Ruiz & Pav". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
- ^ a b Herrera, Jaime; Fernández, Leonardo D. (2025-10-10). "First Phenotypic Characterization of the Edible Fruits of Lardizabala biternata: A Baseline for Conservation and Domestication of a Neglected and Endemic Vine". Plants (Basel, Switzerland). 14 (20): 3126. doi:10.3390/plants14203126. ISSN 2223-7747. PMC 12567215. PMID 41157685.
- ^ Meza P., Inés; Villagrán M., Carolina (1991-12-28). "Etnobotánica de la isla Alao, Archipiélago de Chiloé, Chile". Boletín Museo Nacional de Historia Natural. 42: 39–78. doi:10.54830/bmnhn.v42.1991.409. ISSN 0719-935X.
- ^ a b Muñoz-Concha, Diego; Mundaca, Enrique; Alarcón, Diego; Machuca, Juan; Crisol-Martínez, Eduardo; Loayza, Andrea (2022). "Could foxes be surrogate seed dispersers of a megafaunal fruit vine in southern South America?". Ecosphere. 13 (7). Bibcode:2022Ecosp..13E4186M. doi:10.1002/ecs2.4186. ISSN 2150-8925.
- ^ Gay, Claudio; Johnston, I. M. (1844). Historia física y política de Chile : segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno /. Chile : en el Museo de historia natural de Santiago,: En casa del autor ;.
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- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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