Hernandia nymphaeifolia is a species of plant in the Hernandiaceae family. Its common name is lantern tree. It is a tree native to Madagascar and the western Indian Ocean islands, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia, Papupasia, northern Australia, and the Pacific.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Lantern Tree 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
- Hernandia sonora
- Thespesia populnea
- Acropogon bullatus
- Thespesia populneoides
- Reutealis trisperma
- Hibiscadelphus giffardianus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Laurales
- Family
- Hernandiaceae
- Genus
- Hernandia
- Species
- Hernandia nymphaeifolia
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