Gaultheria hispida

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name = "Gaultheria hispida"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Ericaceae
genus = "Gaultheria"
species = "Gaultheria hispida"
binomial = "Gaultheria hispida"
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Snow berry, "Gaultheria hispida", is a shrub native to rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest, sub-alpine heath of Tasmania, 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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