Ricinocarpos speciosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a slender, erect, open monoecious or dioeciuos shrub with narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong leaves and white flowers arranged with two or more male flowers, or with one to four female flowers surrounded by up to four male flowers.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ricinocarpos speciosus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Ricinocarpos
- Species
- Ricinocarpos speciosus
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