Accession Data

Drimys winteri

Common Name: Winters Bark, Canelo

Family: Winteraceae

Country of Origin: Chile, Argentina

Uses: Morldwide Ethnomedical Uses Brazil for anemia, colic, debility, dysentery, dyspepsia, fevers, cancer, gastric problems, gastritis, intestinal pain, nausea, spasms, stomachaches, toothache; as a bitter tonic

Mexico for dysentery, gastritis, scurvy, toothaches; as a tonic

Turkey as an astringent, carminative, stimulant, stomachic, tonic; for scurvy

Venezuela as an aperitif, stimulant, tonic

Elsewhere for cancer, digestive disorders, scurvy

Info from: The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs, Leslie Taylor, 2005

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8a-10b

Accession #: 200600009

Accession Date: 2006-02-16 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2315

Quantity: 2

Source: Tim Devine - CSU Chico

Culture: Drimys winteri grow best in full sun to light shade with intermediate temperatures. Keep evenly moist as wilting will occur if allowed to dry out. Prune in late summer, early fall.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: magnoliids

Order: Canellales

Family: Winteraceae

SubFamily: Winteroideae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
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2021
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2011

References

  1. Cal's Plant of the Week
  2. Musial, Kathy; An Introduction to the Geography, Climate, and Flora of Chile; Pacific Horticulture, October 2011. Accessed 20 March 2015.
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, May 10, 2017.

Images

Drimys winteri