Erythrina mulungu (Mulungu) is a Brazilian ornamental tree and medicinal plant native to the cerrado and caatinga ecoregions in Brazil and Bolivia, South America.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Erythrina mulungu 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.
Easily confused with
- Erythrina falcata
- Firmiana colorata
- Erythrina velutina
- Bernoullia flammea
- Erythrina poeppigiana
- Erythrina fusca
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Erythrina
- Species
- Erythrina mulungu
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