Spicy Conebush

Leucadendron tinctum, the spicy conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Leucadendron and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape, where it occurs in the Hex River Mountains up to Hottentots Holland Mountains and Langeberg. The shrub grows 1.3 m tall and bears flowers from July to August.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Spicy Conebush 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

• Leucadendron pubibracteolatum
• Leucadendron barkerae
• Leucadendron burchellii
• Leucadendron sessile
• Leucadendron daphnoides

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Proteales

Family

Proteaceae

Genus

Leucadendron

Species

Leucadendron tinctum

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