Maqui

Maqui (Aristotelia Maqui), the only known species of the genus, which belongs to the natural order Tiliaceæ, and has been made the type of a proposed order. It is an evergreen or sub-evergreen shrub, of considerable size, a native of Chili. The Chilians make a wine from its berry, which they administer in malignant fevers. The wood is used for making musical instruments, and the tough bark for their strings. The Maqui sometimes ripens fruit against a wall in England, and is frequently cultivated as an ornamental shrub.