Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Helicia rengetiensis 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
- Symplocos thwaitesii
- Symplocos stawellii
- Melicytus macrophyllus
- Symplocos konishii
- Ilex paraguariensis — considered toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Proteales
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Helicia
- Species
- Helicia rengetiensis
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