Tropical Mexican Clover

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Richardia brasiliensis

Tropical Mexican Clover, a reference photo
Photo: tonrulkens · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Richardia brasiliensis is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the English common names tropical Mexican clover, Brazilian calla-lily, white-eye, and Brazil pusley. In Brazil it is known as poaia branca. It is native to South America. It is an introduced species and sometimes an invasive weed in many other places, including Sub-Saharan Africa, India, Australia, Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan, and Thailand. It is a weed of citrus groves in Florida.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Tropical Mexican Clover 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
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Species
Richardia brasiliensis

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