Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ternstroemia tepezapote 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
- Clusia nemorosa
- Garcinia oblongifolia
- Clusia panapanari
- Clusia lanceolata
- Clusia palmicida
- Crossostylis grandiflora
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Pentaphylacaceae
- Genus
- Ternstroemia
- Species
- Ternstroemia tepezapote
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