Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mammillaria melanocentra 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
- Mammillaria wagneriana
- Mammillaria mystax
- Mammillaria meiacantha
- Mammillaria bocensis
- Mammillaria polythele
- Mammillaria uncinata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammillaria
- Species
- Mammillaria melanocentra
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