Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Maytenus laevigata 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
- Ottoschulzia rhodoxylon
- Geijera paniculata
- Diospyros geminata
- Gymnosporia thompsonii
- Maytenus erythroxylon
- Suregada aequorea
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Celastrales
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Genus
- Maytenus
- Species
- Maytenus laevigata
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