Christia obcordata is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. The plant is notable for its butterfly-shaped leaves. C. obcordata is used medicinally in Japan and Indonesia to treat urinary blockages. It was also evaluated as a means to treat malaria in 2007, but was found to be ineffective.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Swallowtail plant 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
- Grona heterophylla
- Grona triflora
- Desmodium scorpiurus
- Pycnospora lutescens
- Grona adscendens
- Galactia tashiroi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Christia
- Species
- Christia obcordata
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