Beilschmiedia berteroana (southern acorn tree, belloto del sur in Spanish) is a threatened evergreen tree in the family Lauraceae endemic to Chile at 35 to 37°S.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Southern acorn 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
- Beilschmiedia miersii
- Cryptocarya alba
- Quillaja saponaria
- Gomortega keule
- Acokanthera rotundata — considered toxic
- Diospyros californica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Laurales
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Genus
- Beilschmiedia
- Species
- Beilschmiedia berteroana
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