
Claoxylon indicum is a plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae native to south and southeast Asia. The Latin word indicum means "Indian", referring to the locality of collection of the type specimen, which was probably Java, part of the Dutch East Indies at that time.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Laping Budak 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
- Dendrocnide kotoensis
- Claoxylon hillii
- Dendrocnide meyeniana
- Hieronyma alchorneoides
- Poikilospermum acuminatum
- Aparisthmium cordatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Claoxylon
- Species
- Claoxylon indicum
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