Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pterygota brasiliensis 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
- Pterygota alata
- Joannesia princeps
- Bertholletia excelsa
- Aspidosperma megalocarpon
- Sterculia apetala
- Lecythis pisonis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Pterygota
- Species
- Pterygota brasiliensis
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