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| color = lightgreen

|familia=Berberidaceae

| name = ''Berberis buxifolia''

|genus=Berberis

| image = Calafate-Berberis_buxifolia.jpg

|species=buxifolia

| regnum = [[Plantae]]

|taxo_author=Lam.

| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]

|common_name=Calafate

| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]

|habit=shrub

| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]

|Temp Metric=°F

| familia = [[Berberidaceae]]

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| genus = ''[[Berberis]]''

|image=Calafate-Berberis_buxifolia.jpg

| species = '''''B. buxifolia'''''

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| binomial_authority = Lam.

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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]].  

'''''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 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.

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]]

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.

[[Category:Flora of Chile]]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[[de:Buchsblättrige Berberitze]]

[[es:Berberis microphylla]]

[[fr:Berbéris à feuilles de buis]]

*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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