Cyclamen africanum is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is referred to by the common name African cyclamen and is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to northern Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. It is similar to Cyclamen hederifolium, but not frost-hardy.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of African cyclamen 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
- Cyclamen maritimum
- Cyclamen cyprium
- Cyclamen graecum
- Cyclamen hederifolium
- Cyclamen persicum
- Cyclamen balearicum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Cyclamen
- Species
- Cyclamen africanum
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