Flora of Chile

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Miqueliopuntia is a monotypic genus of cactus in the Cactaceae family, containing a single species, Miqueliopuntia miquelii , which is native to the Chilean coasts of South America.

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Species of plant in the aster family

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Species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to South America

Species of flowering plant in family Asteraceae

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Latua pubiflora (common name in Spanish: árbol de los brujos, tree of the sorcerers) is the single species of the monotypic genus Latua, endemic to the coastal mountains of southern Chile. A shrub or small tree to 10 m in height, bearing attractive, magenta-to-red, hummingbird-pollinated flowers, it is extremely poisonous – hallucinogenic (deliriant) in smaller doses – due to tropane alkaloid content and is used by Chilean machi (shamans) of the Mapuche–Huilliche people in traditional medicine, as a poison and to enter trance states. Its elegant flowers and yellow tomato-like fruit are at

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