Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Purple hookberry 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
- Hexalobus monopetalus
- Artabotrys monteiroae
- Diospyros tropophylla
- Miliusa tomentosa
- Diospyros montana
- Casearia tremula
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Magnoliales
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Genus
- Artabotrys
- Species
- Artabotrys brachypetalus
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