Warburgia salutaris (pepper-bark tree, Afrikaans: Peperbasboom, Sotho: Molaka, Venda: Mulanga, Zulu: Isibaha) is a species of tree in the family Canellaceae. It is native to southwestern Africa, including Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and KwaZulu-Natal the Northern Provinces of South Africa. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a popular medicinal plant and is overharvested in the wild, another reason for its endangerment. The Pepper-bark tree is a protected tree in South Africa. Various projects are investigating methods of propagation under controlled conditions with subsequent planting in the wild.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Kenya Greenheart 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
- Myrsine laetevirens
- Euclea daphnoides
- Euclea schimperi
- Daphnopsis americana
- Pitavia punctata
- Gonioma kamassi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Canellales
- Family
- Canellaceae
- Genus
- Warburgia
- Species
- Warburgia salutaris
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