Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Matayba elaeagnoides 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
- Sapindus saponaria
- Simarouba amara
- Ekebergia capensis
- Sapindus mukorossi
- Dysoxylum fraserianum
- Trichilia havanensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Matayba
- Species
- Matayba elaeagnoides
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