Amphipterygium adstringens, or the cuachalalate, is an ancient medicinal plant that has been commercially used in Mexico for centuries. Because of its ever-growing popularity and since the most sought after part of the plant is its bark, the cuachalalate was as of 2004 considered an endangered species.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Amphipterygium adstringens 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
- Bursera graveolens
- Ceiba aesculifolia
- Bursera tomentosa
- Bursera excelsa
- Gyrocarpus americanus
- Gyrocarpus jatrophifolius
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Anacardiaceae
- Genus
- Amphipterygium
- Species
- Amphipterygium adstringens
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