Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Velvet myrtle 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
- Backhousia leptopetala
- Myrceugenia planipes
- Melodinus acutiflorus
- Syzygium nebulosum
- Planchonella myrsinifolia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Lenwebbia
- Species
- Lenwebbia prominens
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