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Gunnera is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants; some of them grow extremely large. The genus is the only member of the family Gunneraceae. It is native to Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Papuasia, Hawaii, insular Southeast Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.

Gunnera tinctoria, known as Giant-rhubarb or Chilean Rhubarb, is a plant species native to southern Chile and neighboring zones in Argentina. It is essentially unrelated to rhubarb, as the two plants belong into different orders, but looks similar from a distance and has similar culinary uses. It is a large-leaved perennial plant that grows to more than two meters tall. It has been introduced to many parts of the world as an ornamental and edible plant.

It is known under the synonyms Gunnera chilensis and Gunnera scabra. Gunnera tinctoria is a giant, clump-forming herbaceous perennial. The leaves can grow up to 2.5m across. It has erect spikes of cone-shaped inflorescences (to 1m) from spring to early summer, with small flowers. The fruit is orange.

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