Aristotelia fruticosa, commonly known as the mountain wineberry or shrubby wineberry, is a species of tree or shrub endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to 2 metres (6 feet 7 inches) tall in a densely branching and divaricating form.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mountain Wineberry 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
- Coprosma rigida
- Myrsine divaricata
- Coprosma propinqua
- Coprosma wallii
- Coprosma crassifolia
- Pittosporum divaricatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Oxalidales
- Family
- Elaeocarpaceae
- Genus
- Aristotelia
- Species
- Aristotelia fruticosa
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