Citharexylum spinosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Verbenaceae that is native to southern Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Common names include Florida fiddlewood and spiny fiddlewood.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Spiny Fiddlewood 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
- Citharexylum caudatum
- Citharexylum myrianthum
- Viburnum odoratissimum
- Viburnum awabuki
- Citharexylum montevidense
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Citharexylum
- Species
- Citharexylum spinosum
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