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agarito

Agarito

LATIN NAME
Berberis trifoliolata (synonym: Mahonia trifiolata)

LONGEVITY
Perennial

SEASON
Cool

ORIGIN
Native

DETAILS:

  • Other common names: “Algerita,” “Agrito,” “Agrillo,” and “Laredo Mahonia.”
  • Flowers in late winter with the fruit ripening in June.
  • The red, acid berries make acid jellies and wine, and are gathered by placing sheets of cloth or burlap underneath the plant and thrashing the thorny bush with a stick.
  • Has spiny, holly-like leaves.
  • Is adapted to dry, stony hillsides over most of central and west Texas.
  • Birds eagerly devour the berries, and the flowers are considered good bee food.
  • Yellow dye is made from the wood and roots.

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