''Lardizabala'' is a
monotypic
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genus
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of
flowering plant
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s. The sole species in the genus is ''Lardizabala biternata'', known as Lardizabala or Zabala fruit. This species is an
evergreen
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liana
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, native to temperate forests of central and southern Chile. It is grown for its edible fruits and ornamental flowers.
The genus is dedicated to , a Spanish
statesman
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from the 18th century.
The seeds present in the large edible fruits of this species are hypothesised to have been dispersed by extinct Pleistocene meagafauna. Nowadays, foxes of the genus
''Lycalopex'' are thought to play the main seed dispersal role in its natural habitat.
References
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External links
"Lardizabala biternata" en enciclopedia de la flora Chilena*
ttp://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Lardizabala+biternata ''Lardizabala biternata''
Lardizabalaceae
Monotypic Ranunculales genera
Flora of Chile
Garden plants of South America
Taxa named by José Antonio Pavón Jiménez
Taxa named by Hipólito Ruiz López
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