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Ugni molinae, commonly known as Chilean guava berry, [1] or strawberry myrtle, [1] is a shrub native to Chile and adjacent regions of southern Argentina. The local Spanish name is murta, and the Mapuche Native American name is "uñi". [citation needed] It is in the same botanical family as the guava, in Myrtaceae.
Ugni is a genus of plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, described as a genus in 1848. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is native to western Latin America from the Valdivian temperate rain forests of southern Chile (including the Juan Fernández Islands ) and adjacent regions of southern Argentina , north to southern Mexico .
Trebbiano may have originated in the Eastern Mediterranean, and was known in Italy in Roman times. A subtype was recognized in Bologna in the thirteenth century, and as Ugni blanc made its way to France, possibly during the Papal retreat to Avignon in the fourteenth century.
Armagnac is the oldest brandy (and liquor) recorded to be still distilled in the world. In 1310, Prior Vital du Four, a cardinal, wrote of its 40 virtues. [1] [2] Vital du Four was born in Bazas, in the centre of Armagnac.
One parent, Ugni blanc, is from the Vitis vinifera species of European grapevines that produce most of the world's well-known wines such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. Vidal blanc's second parent, Rayon d'Or, was a Seibel grape with itself also being an inter-specific crossing of Aramon du Gard and Seibel 405 (both inter-specific ...
Ugni candollei is a species of shrub, 80 cm in height, with white, 5-petal flowers, endemic to Chile. [1] Its fruit is edible, and is used by natives to make a chicha. It is reported to be an oneirogen .
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Murtado (from Murta the Spanish name for Ugni molinae or Chilean guava) is a typical liqueur from southern Chile where the endemic Chilean guava grows. [1] It is made by conserving fruit inside a bottle with aguardiente for some weeks and then mixing it with syrup.