Parapiptadenia rigida

Parapiptadenia rigida is a perennial shrub or tree. It is not a threatened species. It is native to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Common names include angico, angico-cedro, angico-do-banhado, angico-dos-montes, angico-verdadeiro, angico-vermelho (in Spanish angico is changed for anchico), guarucaia and paric.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Parapiptadenia rigida 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

• Anadenanthera peregrina
• Anadenanthera colubrina
• Pseudalbizzia inundata
• Anadenanthera macrocarpa
• Plathymenia reticulata
• Dalbergia nigra

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Parapiptadenia

Species

Parapiptadenia rigida

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