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Melicytus alpinus, the mahoe porcupine shrub, is a small shrub of the family Violaceae endemic to New Zealand.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Porcupine Shrub 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
- Pittosporum anomalum
- Melicytus angustifolius
- Melicytus crassifolius
- Pittosporum rigidum
- Melicytus flexuosus
- Discaria toumatou
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malpighiales
- Family
- Violaceae
- Genus
- Melicytus
- Species
- Melicytus alpinus
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