Brachystegia boehmii, named after the 19th-century German naturalist and collector Richard Böhm, is a decidious, flat-topped tree with a spreading crown, native to eastern and southern Africa.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Prince-Of-Wales Feathers 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
- Plathymenia reticulata
- Dimorphandra mollis
- Julbernardia globiflora
- Brachystegia spiciformis
- Anadenanthera macrocarpa
- Macrolobium acaciifolium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Brachystegia
- Species
- Brachystegia boehmii
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