Colubrina texensis, the Texas snakewood or Texas hog plum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae, native to Texas and northeastern Mexico. A 3 to 6 ft (0.9 to 1.8 m) deciduous shrub with zig-zagging branches and patterned bark, it is typically found growing in dry, poor soils.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Texas Snakewood 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
- Rosales
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Genus
- Colubrina
- Species
- Colubrina texensis
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