Myrospermum sousanum, the arroyo sweetwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to northeastern Mexico. A shrub or small tree, it is typically found in shrublands and inland wetlands at elevations from 460 to 1,300 m (1,500 to 4,300 ft). Known from only four stations, it has been assessed as Endangered.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Arroyo Sweetwood 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
- Tipuana tipu
- Calpurnia aurea
- Diphysa americana
- Chloroxylon swietenia
- Styphnolobium japonicum
- Alvaradoa amorphoides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Myrospermum
- Species
- Myrospermum sousanum
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