Berberis napaulensis (syn. B. duclouxiana; Nepali: जमाने मान्द्रो, Chinese: 尼泊尔十大功劳) is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae described as a species in 1821. It is native to the Himalayas (northwestern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam), and into the mountains of southwestern China (Tibet, Yunnan, Guangxi, and Sichuan), Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, growing at altitudes of 1,200-3,000 metres. This species is used medicinally throughout the Sikkim Eastern Himalayas.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Nepal Mahonia 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.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Genus
- Berberis
- Species
- Berberis napaulensis
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