Mimozyganthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes a single species, Mimozyganthus carinatus, a tree native to Bolivia, Paraguay, and northwestern Argentina, where it is known by the common names iscayante and lata. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mimozyganthus carinatus 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
- Strombocarpa torquata
- Vachellia astringens
- Vachellia bravoensis
- Neltuma affinis
- Neltuma flexuosa
- Vachellia vernicosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Mimozyganthus
- Species
- Mimozyganthus carinatus
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