Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hairy-faced spiny pod 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
- Matelea floridana
- Matelea decipiens
- Matelea obliqua
- Matelea carolinensis
- Gonolobus suberosus
- Matelea flavidula
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Matelea
- Species
- Matelea hirtelliflora
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