Pterocelastrus echinatus ('pterocelastrus' = winged holly, 'echinatus' = spiny) is a small Southern African tree occurring in South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, and Malawi. This species is found in montane and submontane evergreen forests, forest margins, rocky hillsides, and kloofs, growing between 600 and 2400 m above sea level.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hedgehog Tree 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
- Maytenus oleoides
- Robsonodendron eucleiforme
- Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus
- Cassine schinoides
- Acokanthera oppositifolia — considered toxic
- Notelaea austrocaledonica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Celastrales
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Pterocelastrus
- Species
- Pterocelastrus echinatus
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