10 Most Popular South American Plants
· Native to northcentral Argentina, mistol (Ziziphus mistol) is a spiny, fruitbearing tree that has small flowers and reddishbrown, drupelike fruits. Distinguished by a sweet, pasty flesh, the fruit is often consumed fresh, although it can also be boiled, sundried ( pasa de mistol ), or transformed into arrope (a homemade sweet) or patay (a paste used in numerous Argentine specialties).