Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Chatham Island Mapou 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
- Picconia azorica
- Coprosma chathamica
- Gomortega keule
- Ilex perado — considered toxic
- Austrobuxus carunculatus
- Clusia gundlachii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Myrsine
- Species
- Myrsine chathamica
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