Bicácaro, bicacarera (Canarina canariensis)

Climbing and scrambling herb, with stems up to 3 m long, rather fleshy, as are the leaves, which are triangular, hastate, margins dentate. A bell-shaped flower (as in other species of the same family), reddish-orange and less commonly yellow-orange, 3-6 cm long. The fruit is fleshy and edible—the Guanches (the pre-Hispanic inhabitants of Tenerife) used to eat it. This species is exclusive to the evergreen and thermophile forests of the Canaries, found between 300 and 1,000 m, especially in Tenerife, although it also appears in Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro, where it is more localized. Fairly abundant in some areas, for example the massifs of Anaga and Teno, in Tenerife. The flowers are pollinated by birds, such as the Canary Islands chiffchaff and several species of Sardinian warblers. Finally, it is particularly interesting that other another two members of the genus Canarina are found in East Africa, which points to a significant geographical disjunction.