Combretum leprosum, the mofumbo in Portuguese and the asucaró in eastern Bolivian Spanish, is a plant species in the genus Combretum found throughout the Amazon Basin.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Combretum leprosum 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
- Combretum duarteanum
- Combretum albidum
- Terminalia elliptica
- Combretum collinum
- Triplaris gardneriana
- Terminalia paniculata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Genus
- Combretum
- Species
- Combretum leprosum
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