Coccoloba pyrifolia, the pearleaf seagrape (Spanish: uvera), is a species of flowering plant endemic to Puerto Rico. It is a member of the buckwheat family. It was described by René Louiche Desfontaines in 1815.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Coccoloba pyrifolia 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
- Coccoloba diversifolia
- Coccoloba costata
- Coccoloba swartzii
- Ilex nitida — considered toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Coccoloba
- Species
- Coccoloba pyrifolia
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