Parsonsia velutina, the hairy silkpod, is a woody vine of the family Apocynaceae. It occurs in monsoon forest in New Guinea and across northern and eastern Australia, from The Kimberley, across the Top End to Cape York and south to central New South Wales.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hairy Silkpod 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
- Parsonsia largiflorens
- Parsonsia ventricosa
- Leichhardtia longiloba
- Vincetoxicum paniculatum
- Parsonsia fulva
- Hypserpa decumbens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Parsonsia
- Species
- Parsonsia velutina
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