Adenocarpus foliolosus, known locally as codeso and commonly known as Canary Island flatpod is a shrubby species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, that is endemic to Canary Islands where it can be found in Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro, Gran Canaria and La Palma. It has yellow flowers, a narrow, oblong legume with sparse glands, compound leaves and short petioles 1–3 millimetres (0.039–0.118 in) long.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Canary Island flatpod 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
- Genista canariensis
- Adenocarpus lainzii
- Adenocarpus telonensis
- Adenocarpus complicatus
- Adenocarpus viscosus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Adenocarpus
- Species
- Adenocarpus foliolosus
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