Berberis microphylla
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Berberis microphylla, common name box-leaved barberry and Magellan barberry, in Spanish calafate and michay and other names, is an evergreen shrub, with simple, shiny box-like leaves. The calafate is
Calafate Berberis buxifolia
Calafate flower
Fruits in spring
Berry (botany)
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In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single flower containing one ovary. Berries so defined include grapes, currants, and tomatoes, as well as cucumbers, eggplants, persimmons and bana
Berberis microphylla
…branches, each covered in many tripartite spines. The bush has many small yellow flowers in summer. It produces blue-black berries. Its edible blue-black berries are harvested for jams, but are eaten fresh too - a legend tells that anyone who eats a calafate berry will be certain to return to Patagonia. It is…
Redcurrants, a type of berry derived from a simple (one-locule) inferior ovary
Kiwifruit, a berry derived from a compound (many carpellate) superior ovary
Coffee cherries (Coffea arabica) – described as drupes or berries
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