''Lardizabala'' is a
monotypic
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genus
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of
flowering plant
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s. These plants are
evergreen
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lianas, native to temperate forests of central and southern
Chile
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.
The sole species is ''Lardizabala biternata'' Ruiz & Pav, known as ''Coguil, Cogüilera, Coiye, Coille, Voqui cógüil,'' or ''Voqui coille,'' in Chile, and known as Lardizabala or Zabala fruit in English. It is grown for its edible fruits (called ''coguil'' or ''cógüil'' in
Mapuche language
Mapuche (, Mapuche & Spanish: , or Mapudungun; from ' 'land' and ' 'speak, speech') is an Araucanian language related to Huilliche spoken in south-central Chile and west-central Argentina by the Mapuche people (from ''mapu'' 'land' and ''che ...
) and ornamental flowers.
The genus is dedicated to , a Spanish
statesman from the 18th century.
References
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External links
"Lardizabala biternata" en enciclopedia de la flora Chilena*
ttp://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Lardizabala+biternata ''Lardizabala biternata''
Lardizabalaceae
Monotypic Ranunculales genera
Flora of Chile
Garden plants of South America
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