Empetrum rubrum - Magellan crowberry

Magellan crowberry (Empetrum rubrum) is an evergreen groundcover shrub of heath and open ground across cold semi-arid Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego in South America, its fruit edible and tonic.

Inputs

• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Ground cover¹

Footnotes

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