Pterodon emarginatus (Portuguese: sucupira-branca) is a Brazilian legume of the Cerrado. Widely distributed in the west of Minas Gerais and in Goiás, Brazil, the fruit oil of this plant is used to deter skin penetration by the cercariae of Schistosoma.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pterodon emarginatus 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
- Bowdichia virgilioides
- Dalbergia lanceolaria
- Luetzelburgia auriculata
- Baikiaea plurijuga
- Aganope stuhlmannii
- Bolusanthus speciosus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Pterodon
- Species
- Pterodon emarginatus
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