- Gaultheria hispida
Taxobox
name = "Gaultheria hispida"
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regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Ericales
familia =Ericaceae
genus = "Gaultheria "
species = "Gaultheria hispida"
binomial = "Gaultheria hispida"
binomial_authority =Snow berry, "Gaultheria hispida", is a shrub native to
rainforest ,wet sclerophyll forest, sub-alpineheath ofTasmania ,Australia .The leaves are slender, shiny, and 4-8 cm long.
Fruits are white, five lobed, white or pink, 8-10 mm wide. [ Low,T., "Wild Food Plants of Australia", 1988. ISBN 0-207-16930-6]Uses
Aborigines ate the sour fruit, and colonists cooked them in tarts.
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