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Shiny oysterwood or crabwood
Gymnanthes lucida
About
Gymnanthes lucida, commonly known as shiny oysterwood or crabwood, is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, that is native to southern Florida in the United States, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America.
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
In the kitchen
Shiny oysterwood is not eaten by humans, so it’s best to admire this plant for its beauty rather than for culinary uses.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Gymnanthes lucida
- Slug
- gymnanthes-lucida
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Gymnanthes
- Species
- lucida
- Wikidata QID
- Q656536
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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