Shingle plant

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Rhaphidophora hayi

Shingle plant, a reference photo
Photo: Andrew Allen · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Rhaphidophora hayi is a species of flowering plant in the arum family Araceae, native to New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands and the Australian state of Queensland. It is an appressed or shingling semi-epiphytic vining plant that grows in wet tropical forests.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Shingle plant 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Araceae
Species
Rhaphidophora hayi

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