Pseudowintera colorata, also known as mountain horopito or pepperwood, is a species of woody evergreen flowering trees and shrubs, part of family Winteraceae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. All Winteraceae are magnoliids, associated with the humid Antarctic flora of the Southern Hemisphere.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mountain Horopito 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.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Canellales
- Family
- Winteraceae
- Genus
- Pseudowintera
- Species
- Pseudowintera colorata
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