Genus: 1 species.
Synonym: Vestia lycioides.
Local: Huevil; Huevilhuevil; Chuplín; Chuplí; Echuelcún; Palqui.
English: Chilean box thorn.
Content: quercetin-3-diglucoside; isoquercetin, an indole alkaloid belonging to the β-carboline group; phytosteroid sapogenin diosgenin; insonuatigenin.
region: central and southern Chile.
Habitat: frost-hardy, requires some protection from winter winds.
Culture: stock Poison, caused fatalities in sheep, goats, cattle.
Use: leaves and stem for yellow dye; medicinal.
BotanyShrub, evergreen; to 2 m tall, 1.5 m broad.
Leaves: glossy, privet-like, mid-green.
Flowers: tubular; yellow; 3 cm long; stamens markedly protruding, similar Fuchsia species.
Fruit: 4-valved, ovoid capsules; 1 cm long.
Seeds: small, prismatic