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'''''Berberis buxifolia''''', common name the '''Magellan Barberry''', in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] '''Calafate''', is an evergreen shrub, with shiny [[Buxus|box]]-like leaves. The Calafate is native to the south of [[Argentina]] and [[Chile]] and is a symbol of [[Patagonia]].
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The bush grows to a height of 1 - 1.5 m. It has many arching branches, each covered in many tripartite spines. The bush has many small yellow flowers in summer. Its edible blue-black [[berry|berries]] are harvested for [[jam]]s, but are eaten fresh too - a legend tells that anyone who eats a Calafate berry will be certain to return to Patagonia.
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The Calafate is grown commercially for its fruit, potential medical uses and as a garden plant or [[bonsai]]. Its wood is used to make a red [[dye]]. The [[cultivar]] ''Berberis buxifolia'' 'Nana' is widely available as a garden shrub, and is also used in commercial plantings as a low spiny hedge to discourage intruders, but it does not fruit.
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Berberis buxifolia, Poir. (B. dulcís, Sweet). One to 3 ft.: branches brown, grooved; spines usually 3-parted, short: Lvs. cuneate, obovate or elliptic, ⅓-1 in. long: fls. solitary, on long pedicels, orange-yellow: fr. nearly globose, blackish purple. May. Chile to Strait of Magellan. B.M. 6505. S.B.F.G. II. 1:100. P.M. 10:171. L.B.C.20:1941. H.F. 1857:122.—A very graceful, free-flowering shrub; one of the hardiest of the evergreen species; will stand the winter even N. if somewhat protected.
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Berberis buxifolia, Poir. (B. dulcís, Sweet). One to 3 ft.: branches brown, grooved; spines usually 3-parted, short: Lvs. cuneate, obovate or elliptic, ⅓-1 in. long: fls. solitary, on long pedicels, orange-yellow: fr. nearly globose, blackish purple. May. Chile to Strait of Magellan.—A very graceful, free-flowering shrub; one of the hardiest of the evergreen species; will stand the winter even N. if somewhat protected.
 
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:'''''Calafate''' redirects here. For the Patagonian town, see [[El Calafate]]''
 
  
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'''''Berberis buxifolia''''', common name the '''Magellan Barberry''', in [[Spanish language|Spanish]] '''Calafate''', is an evergreen shrub, with shiny [[Buxus|box]]-like leaves. The Calafate is native to the south of [[Argentina]] and [[Chile]] and is a symbol of [[Patagonia]].
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The bush grows to a height of 1 - 1.5 m. It has many arching branches, each covered in many tripartite spines. The bush has many small yellow flowers in summer. Its edible blue-black [[berry|berries]] are harvested for [[jam]]s, but are eaten fresh too - a legend tells that anyone who eats a Calafate berry will be certain to return to Patagonia.
 
  
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The Calafate is grown commercially for its fruit, potential medical uses and as a garden plant or [[bonsai]]. Its wood is used to make a red [[dye]]. The [[cultivar]] ''Berberis buxifolia'' 'Nana' is widely available as a garden shrub, and is also used in commercial plantings as a low spiny hedge to discourage intruders, but it does not fruit.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Berberis buxifolia, common name the Magellan Barberry, in Spanish Calafate, is an evergreen shrub, with shiny box-like leaves. The Calafate is native to the south of Argentina and Chile and is a symbol of Patagonia.

The bush grows to a height of 1 - 1.5 m. It has many arching branches, each covered in many tripartite spines. The bush has many small yellow flowers in summer. 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.

The Calafate is grown commercially for its fruit, potential medical uses and as a garden plant or bonsai. Its wood is used to make a red dye. The cultivar Berberis buxifolia 'Nana' is widely available as a garden shrub, and is also used in commercial plantings as a low spiny hedge to discourage intruders, but it does not fruit.


Read about Berberis buxifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Berberis buxifolia, Poir. (B. dulcís, Sweet). One to 3 ft.: branches brown, grooved; spines usually 3-parted, short: Lvs. cuneate, obovate or elliptic, ⅓-1 in. long: fls. solitary, on long pedicels, orange-yellow: fr. nearly globose, blackish purple. May. Chile to Strait of Magellan.—A very graceful, free-flowering shrub; one of the hardiest of the evergreen species; will stand the winter even N. if somewhat protected.


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Cultivation

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