Gymnosporia thompsonii (CHamorro: luluhot) is a species of plant in the bittersweet family Celastraceae. It is endemic to the Mariana and Caroline Islands where it grows as a many-stemmed understory shrub or small tree in karst forests.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Luluhot 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
- Gymnosporia emarginata
- Gymnosporia rothiana
- Gymnosporia cassinoides
- Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon
- Maytenus laevigata
- Maytenus erythroxylon
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Celastrales
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Gymnosporia
- Species
- Gymnosporia thompsonii
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