Maurocenia frangula (commonly known as Khoi cherry or vulture-berry) is a small, rounded tree of about 4 metres, that is endemic to the Western Cape, South Africa.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Bittersweet Cherry 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
- Apodytes abbottii
- Acokanthera rotundata — considered toxic
- Myrcianthes leucoxyla
- Eugenia capensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Celastrales
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Maurocenia
- Species
- Maurocenia frangula
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