Chironia baccifera, known as Christmas berry (a name it shares with Passerina ericoides), bitterbossie or aambeibessie, is species of Chironia native to southern South Africa.[2] A bushy shrub, it can reach 1 m, but is typically 0.5 m in width and height. Its Afrikaans name aambeibessie refers to its supposed medicinal use in treating haemorrhoids.[3] It is used as an ornamental, preferring sandy soils. It is mildly toxic.[4]

Chironia baccifera
In bloom
In fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Gentianaceae
Genus:	Chironia
Species:	C. baccifera
Binomial name
Chironia baccifera L.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Chironia baccata Hoffmanns. Chironia parviflora Salisb. Roeslinia baccifera G.Don Roeslinia tetragona Moench

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