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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Berberis buxifolia''
| image = Calafate-Berberis_buxifolia.jpg
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
| familia = [[Berberidaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Berberis]]''
| species = '''''B. buxifolia'''''
| binomial = ''Berberis buxifolia''
| binomial_authority = Lam.
}}
:'''''Calafate''' redirects here. For the Patagonian town, see [[El Calafate]]''
'''''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]].
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.
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.
[[Category:Berberidaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Argentina]]
[[Category:Flora of Chile]]
[[de:Buchsblättrige Berberitze]]
[[es:Berberis microphylla]]
[[fr:Berbéris à feuilles de buis]]
[[it:Berberis buxifolia]]
{{Ranunculales-stub}}
__NOTOC__
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Berberis buxifolia''
| image = Calafate-Berberis_buxifolia.jpg
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
| familia = [[Berberidaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Berberis]]''
| species = '''''B. buxifolia'''''
| binomial = ''Berberis buxifolia''
| binomial_authority = Lam.
}}
:'''''Calafate''' redirects here. For the Patagonian town, see [[El Calafate]]''
'''''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]].
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.
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.
[[Category:Berberidaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Argentina]]
[[Category:Flora of Chile]]
[[de:Buchsblättrige Berberitze]]
[[es:Berberis microphylla]]
[[fr:Berbéris à feuilles de buis]]
[[it:Berberis buxifolia]]
{{Ranunculales-stub}}
__NOTOC__