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Lapageria rosea

Botanic Family

Philesiaceae

Author

Ruiz & Pavon

Common Names

• Copihue
• Chilean Bellflower
• Chile Bells

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• C. & SC. Chile

Natural Habitats

• Fruit edible. Moist Forest

Flowering Times

• Summer-spring Feb
• Mar

Fruiting Times

• Mar

Herbaceous perennial twiner with 95mm red, white, spotted, variously axillary marked flowers, 50mm long oblong 3-sided green fruit

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• Kew