High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Gaultheria mucronata (Chilean Spanish: chaura) is a species of plant in the family Ericaceae, is a native to southern Argentina and Chile. It produces purple plum-shaped fruits. Commonly known as "Chaura". While the fruits are edible, they are sweet and somewhat tasteless. In North America this frost-tolerant species is often grown as an ornamental plant. In volcanic areas of southern Chile Gaultheria mucronata is one of the dominant plant species above the tree line.