Is it poisonous?
We have no record of African cocatree 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
- Mimusops obovata
- Diospyros ferrea
- Erythroxylum pictum
- Erythroxylum havanense
- Erythroxylum delagoense
- Gymnanthes lucida
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Erythroxylaceae
- Genus
- Erythroxylum
- Species
- Erythroxylum emarginatum
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