Bromelia hieronymi
{{Short description|Species of plant}}
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|image = Bromelia hieronymi.FlorDeChaguar.Chaco.jpg
|genus = Bromelia
|species = hieronymi
|authority = Mez
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Bromelia hieronymi is a species of plant in the family Bromeliaceae native to Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.{{Cite web |title=Bromelia hieronymi Mez {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36861-2 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}} It is one of several plants used by the Wichí people as a fiber for weaving called chaguar. It has anti-inflammatory agents that are secreted by the fruit.{{Cite journal |last=Errasti |first=María |last2=Caffini |first2=Néstor |last3=Pelzer |first3=Lilian |last4=Rotelli |first4=Alejandra |date=2013-01-30 |title=Anti-inflammatory Activity of Bromelia hieronymi: Comparison with Bromelain |url=http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0032-1328201 |journal=Planta Medica |language=en |volume=79 |issue=03/04 |pages=207–213 |doi=10.1055/s-0032-1328201 |issn=0032-0943|hdl=11336/21938 |hdl-access=free }}
Reproduction
Bromelia hieronymi is allogamous, self-incompatible and also displays clonal reproduction. It can also produce seedless fruit that develop without fertilization (parthenocarpy).{{Cite journal |last=Godoy |first=Fernanda Maria de Russo |last2=Lenzi |first2=Maurício |last3=Ferreira |first3=Bruno Henrique Dos Santos |last4=Silva |first4=Luciana Vicente Da |last5=Zanella |first5=Camila Martini |last6=Paggi |first6=Gecele Matos |date=2018-07-27 |title=High genetic diversity and moderate genetic structure in the self-incompatible, clonal Bromelia hieronymi (Bromeliaceae) |url=https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean/article/187/4/672/5055131 |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |language=en |volume=187 |issue=4 |pages=672–688 |doi=10.1093/botlinnean/boy037 |issn=0024-4074|doi-access=free |url-access=subscription }}