Brachylaena huillensis, the muhuhu, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found in the montane forests of Angola, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. With a height of up to 40 m (130 ft) it is, with Strobocalyx arborea, a candidate for the tallest of all composites (daisy family), and at up to 60 cm (24 in) trunk diameter also the most massive.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Lowveld Brachylaena 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
- Brachylaena discolor
- Brachylaena elliptica
- Brachylaena rotundata
- Nahuatlea hypoleuca
- Tarchonanthus parvicapitulatus
- Tarchonanthus camphoratus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Brachylaena
- Species
- Brachylaena huillensis
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