Cussonia spicata, commonly known as the spiked cabbage tree or common cabbage tree, is species of tree in the family Araliaceae. Native to East Africa, this species is widely distributed from South Africa in the south to South Sudan in the north.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cabbage tree 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
- Cussonia sphaerocephala
- Cussonia transvaalensis
- Cussonia paniculata
- Neocussonia umbellifera
- Cussonia arborea
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Cussonia
- Species
- Cussonia spicata
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