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Winter’s bark
tree, Drimys winteri
Also known as: Drimys winteri
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- In Winteraceae
…known is the South American Winter’s bark (Drimys winteri), a 15-metre (50-foot) tree with hot-tasting leaves and bark. The bark was formerly used as a preventive against scurvy. Winter’s bark has leathery elliptic-shaped leaves; red-tinged shoots; and jasmine-scented, cream-coloured, 8- to 12-petaled, 2.5-cm (1-inch) flowers in clusters. A closely related…
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