Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cyathea costaricensis 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
- Sphaeropteris glauca
- Alsophila setosa
- Alsophila spinulosa
- Cyathea arborea
- Sphaeropteris cooperi
- Cyathea capensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Cyatheales
- Family
- Cyatheaceae
- Genus
- Cyathea
- Species
- Cyathea costaricensis
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