Brachylaena elliptica, the bitter-leaf silver-oak, is a shrub or small tree that occurs from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape to southern KwaZulu-Natal. The tree grows in coastal and riparian forest as well as in bushveld in low-lying regions. It is listed as secure on the SANBI Red List. It is endemic to South Africa.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Bitter-Leaf 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Brachylaena
- Species
- Brachylaena elliptica
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