Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Eriotheca pubescens 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
- Pouteria torta
- Aspidosperma macrocarpon
- Pseudobombax tomentosum
- Schinziophyton rautanenii
- Pouteria ramiflora
- Kielmeyera coriacea
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Eriotheca
- Species
- Eriotheca pubescens
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