Vincetoxicum polyanthum, commonly known as coast tylophora, is a vine in the dogbane family Apocynaceae first described in 1891 by the German botanist Otto Kuntze. It is native to the Australian states of New South Wales, the Northern Territory, and Queensland. In the most recent edition of the Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants identification key as of November 2024, it is treated as Tylophora benthamii.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Coast Tylophora 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
- Leichhardtia rostrata
- Parsonsia largiflorens
- Parsonsia longipetiolata
- Leichhardtia longiloba
- Parsonsia leichhardtii
- Marsdenia formosana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Vincetoxicum
- Species
- Vincetoxicum polyanthum
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